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US08633281B2	Conjugated diene polymer, process for producing conjugated diene polymer, conjugated diene polymer composition and process for producing conjugated diene polymer composition The present invention provides a conjugated diene polymer, a method for producing a conjugated diene polymer, a conjugated diene polymer composition and a method for producing a conjugated diene polymer composition. The conjugated diene polymer is a conjugated diene polymer having a conjugated diene-based monomer unit and a group of the formula (I), wherein assuming the whole area of the molecular weight distribution curve obtained by gel permeation chromatography as 100%, the peak area of the molecular weight peak at the lowest molecular weight side is not less than 50%: wherein R1 and R2 represent independently a hydrocarbon group, hydrocarbon oxy group or hydroxyl group, m represents an integer of 0 to 10, and A1 represents a polar functional group free of an active hydrogen atom.
US08633278B2	Bimolecular inverse emulsion polymer The invention relates to novel, stable bi-molecular cationic inverse emulsion polymers (W/O) with both different molecular weights and cationic activities that are assembled via an “in situ” emulsion polymerization of a high molecular weight cationic polymer in the presence of a low molecular weight polymer in the aqueous phase. The low molecular cationic polymer is produced in a pre-polymerization in solution. The novel, stable cationic water-in-oil emulsion is easy invertible and useful as flocculant, dewatering aid and retention aid in papermaking.
US08633276B2	Thermally conductive silicone composition and electronic device A thermally conductive silicone composition of the invention comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of at least 500 mPa·s at 25° C.; (B) a thermally conductive filler; (C) a fine silica powder; (D) an organopolysiloxane having a hydrolyzable group and having a viscosity of less than 500 mPa·s at 25° C.; and (E) a silane compound containing a hydrolyzable group. The composition possesses excellent handleability and workability at low viscosity and which, after application onto surfaces, is not subject to slipping-off when this surface assumes a vertically position, even under harsh temperature conditions.
US08633275B2	Rubber composition for breaker and pneumatic tire The present invention provides a rubber composition for a breaker, which achieves both good fuel economy and good breaking performance while simultaneously having excellent processability, and a pneumatic tire including a breaker produced using the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a breaker, including: a rubber component that contains a modified natural rubber, the rubber having a phosphorus content of 200 ppm or less; and carbon black and/or a white filler, wherein the rubber composition contains 5% by mass or more of the modified natural rubber based on 100% by mass of the rubber component.
US08633271B2	Plastic part, specifically a cage for a bearing, consisting of a radiation-crosslinkable plastic material, and method for the production thereof A plastic part, especially a bearing part, specifically a cage for receiving rolling bodies of a bearing. The body of the plastic part is essentially made of a radiation-crosslinkable plastic material. Pigments that undergo a visible change during the irradiation are mixed in with the plastic material. Also, a method is disclosed for producing a plastic part, especially a bearing part, specifically a cage for receiving rolling bodies of a bearing the plastic part that has a body made of a radiation-crosslinkable plastic material.
US08633257B2	Bio-based foam from natural oils The invention relates to foam derived from natural oils, e.g. plant and animal oils. The oils are functionalized to allow for the preparation of foams with desired chemical and physical properties, such as density and robustness. The foam may contain a triglyceride having a first set of functional groups, and a second compound or chain extender (e.g., a second triglyceride, a fatty acid or polyethylene glycol) having a second set of functional groups capable of reacting with the first set of functional groups to form a covalent bond.
US08633254B2	Preparation of gels derived from carboxymethyl cellulose alkali metal salt A method of preparing a gel from carboxymethyl cellulose alkali metal salt, which is an anionic cellulose derivative, by using acid or acid solution. To increase the strength and the elasticity of a gel, a water-insoluble metal compound or organic reinforcement is added when mixing. The obtained gel is one of environmentally friendly type gels because the raw material is derived from plant.
US08633253B2	Omega-3 diglyceride emulsions The present invention relates to omega-3 diglyceride emulsions characterized in that the lipid phase comprises at least about 40 wt.-% of diglycerides. Preferably about 70 wt.-% of the acyl-groups of said diglycerides, are eicoapentaenoic acid (EPA) groups and/or docasahexaenoic (DHA) groups. The invention further relates to methods of treatment using the omega-3 diglyceride emulsions.
US08633250B2	Cell repair and regeneration by suramin and related polysulfonated napthylureas Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for promoting the repair and regeneration of injured tissues, such as injuries resulting from ischemic damage.
US08633239B2	Process for the preparation of eletriptan The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of (R)-3-((1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl)methyl)-5-(2-(phenylsulfonyl)ethyl)-1H-indole and its intermediates thereof.
US08633232B2	Compounds, compositions and methods of using same for modulating uric acid levels Described herein are compounds useful in the modulation of blood uric acid levels, formulations containing them and methods of making and using them. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein are used in the treatment or prevention of disorders related to aberrant levels of uric acid.
US08633224B2	Hemiasterlin derivatives and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and additionally provides methods for the synthesis thereof and methods for the use thereof in the treatment of cancer, wherein R1-R7, X1, X2, R, Q, and n are as defined herein.
US08633223B2	Process for preparation of 2-methyl-2′-phenylpropionic acid derivatives and novel intermediate compounds The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-methyl-2′-phenylpropionic acid derivatives showing antihistamine activity in more simplified way, intermediate compounds and their preparation processes used therefor. According to the present invention, pharmaceutically useful 2-methyl-2′-phenylpropionic acid derivatives can be prepared with high yield and purity on industrial scale.
US08633222B2	Arylvinylazacycloalkane compounds and methods of preparation and use thereof Novel vinylazacycloalkane compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed. The compounds are ligands of various nAChRs. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used to prepare pharmaceutical compositions and/or medicaments intended to prevent or treat disorders associated with dysfunction of nAChRs, especially within the central nervous system or the gastrointestinal system. Examples of types of disorders that can be treated include neurodegenerative disorders, including central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, behavioral disorders and inflammatory disorders within the gastrointestinal system. The compounds can also serve as analgesics in the treatment of acute, chronic or recurrent pain.
US08633220B2	Therapeutic agents for ocular hypertension This invention provides well defined 6-alkyl or hydroxyalkyl-1-naphthamide or quinoline compounds for treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
US08633219B2	Combination therapy The present invention relates to a combination therapy for treating an HIV infection or inhibiting integrase comprising (S)-6-(3-Chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(1-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpropyl)-7-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (“Compound A”) or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate or salt thereof in combination with at least one other anti-HIV agent. In some embodiments of the present invention, the other anti-HIV agents are chosen from reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the other anti-HIV agents are chosen from AZT, 3TC, PMPA, efavirenz, indinavir, nelfinavir, a combination of AZT/3TC, and a combination of PMPA/3TC. Since Compound A has a high inhibitory activity specific for integrases, when used in combinations with other anti-HIV agents it can provide a combination therapy with fewer side effects for humans.
US08633216B2	Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives, method for preparing same and pharmaceutical compositions containing same The invention concerns compounds of formula I, a method for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing same and the therapeutic uses thereof.
US08633215B2	Thienyl-and furanyl-isoquinolinones and methods for using them The present invention relates to substituted thienyl- and furanyl-isoquinolinones that act, for example, as modulators of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of substituted thienyl and furanyl-isoquinolinones and to their use in treating various diseases and disorders.
US08633210B2	Triazole compounds useful as protein kinase inhibitors This invention describes novel triazole compounds of formula IX: wherein Z1 is nitrogen or CR9 and Z2 is nitrogen or CH, provided that at least one of Z1 and Z2 is nitrogen; G is Ring C or Ring D; Ring C is selected from a phenyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrazinyl, or 1,2,4-triazinyl ring, wherein said Ring C has one or two ortho substituents independently selected from —R1; Ring D is a 5-7 membered monocyclic ring or 8-10 membered bicyclic ring selected from aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl or carbocyclyl; Rx and Ry are independently selected from T-R3, or Rx and Ry are taken together with their intervening atoms to form a fused ring; R1, R3, and T are as described in the specification. The compounds are useful as protein kinase inhibitors, especially as inhibitors of GSK-3 and Aurora, for treating diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease.
US08633209B2	Hydrobromide salts of a pyrazolylaminoquinazoline Provided herein are hydrobromide salts of a pyrazolylaminoquinazoline, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a proliferative disease.
US08633206B2	Pyrrolo[2,3-D]pyrimidine compounds Described herein are pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds, their use as Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for their preparation.
US08633205B2	Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines as inhibitors of protein kinases The present invention relates to compounds of the following formula: which are useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
US08633203B2	Use of pterocarpans as active anti-cellulite ingredients The invention relates to a cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparation, containing one, two or more compounds of formula (I) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a compound of this type, (i) for use in a method for preventing, treating or reducing cellulite, and/or (ii) in an adequate quantity to reduce the lipid quantity contained in subcutaneous fat tissue, and/or to inhibit the differentiation of preadipocytes, and/or to inhibit the lipogenesis in adipocytes, wherein the radicals R1 to R8, independently of one another, signify hydrogen, hydroxy or C1-C4-alkoxy, and/or two adjacent radicals together form a methylenedioxy group.
US08633187B2	Quinoline derivatives as PI3 kinase inhibitors Invented is a method of inhibiting the activity/function of PI3 kinases using quinoline derivatives. Also invented is a method of treating one or more disease states selected from: autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, allergy, asthma, pancreatitis, multiorgan failure, kidney diseases, platelet aggregation, cancer, sperm motility, transplantation rejection, graft rejection and lung injuries by the administration of quinoline derivatives.
US08633183B2	5-alkynyl-pyrimidines The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R3 are defined as in claim 1, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
US08633174B2	Compounds for use in the treatment of cancer Pharmaceutical compositions comprise a first compound of Formula I or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, and a cyto-protective amount of a manganese chelate of N,N′-dipyridoxyl ethylenediamine-N,N′-diacetic acid (MnPLED): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X are defined in the specification.
US08633167B2	Method for the protection of trees The present invention provides a method for the prevention/treatment of bark beetle and/or wood borer infestation of trees comprising treatment of the tree with a composition comprising a macroyclic lactone.
US08633164B2	Antimicrobial peptides The present invention relates to a peptide of linear, non-cyclic structure consisting of or comprising 17 to 23 amino acids, wherein the amino acids in positions 1 to 23, counted from the N-terminus, are as follows (1) G, S or lacking; (2) C or lacking; (3) K or R; (4) K or R; (5) Y, W or F; (6) K or R; (7) K or R; (8) F, W or L; (9) K or R; (10) K or L or lacking; (11) W, L or F; (12) K or R; (13) F, Y or C; (14) K or R; (15) G or Q; (16) K or R; (17) F, L or W; (18) F or W; (19) F, L or W; (20) W or F; (21) C or lacking; (22) F or G or lacking (23) G or lacking. Further, the invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the peptide of the invention, an expression vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of the invention, a host cell which may be grown in cell culture comprising the vector of the invention, and a method of producing the peptide of the invention comprising culturing the host cell of the invention and collecting the peptide produced. Also, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptide of the invention, the peptide produced by the method of the invention, the nucleic acid molecule of the invention, the expression vector of the invention or the host cell of the invention and a kit comprising the peptide of the invention, the peptide produced by the method of the invention, the nucleic acid molecule of the invention, the expression vector of the invention or the host cell of the invention.
US08633158B1	Angiotensin in treating brain conditions The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for treating brain conditions. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to a subject suffering from or susceptible to a brain condition an angiotensin (1-7) peptide via either an intravenous or subcutaneous route of administration.
US08633154B2	Cyclodepsipeptides with antineoplastic activity and methods of using to inhibit cancer and microbial growth The present invention is directed to cyclodepsipeptide compounds having antineoplastic and/or antimicrobial activity, preferably Kitastatin 1. The present invention is further directed to methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth and/or microbial growth in a host inflicted therewith by administering cyclodepsipeptide compounds to the inflicted host.
US08633144B2	Octahydro-1H-4,7-methano-indene-5-aldehydes and their use in perfume compositions The present invention is directed to a novel fragrance compound of octahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene-5-acetaldehyde, octahydro-6-methyl-4,7-methano-1H-indene-5-carboxaldehyde, or a mixture thereof.
US08633143B2	Compositions comprising estolide compounds and methods of making and using the same Provided herein are compositions comprising at least one estolide compound of formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 0; m is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R1, independently for each occurrence, is selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R3 and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched. Also provided are uses of the compositions described herein.
US08633130B2	Vandium traps for catalytic cracking processes and preparation thereof The invention relates to chemical compositions that can be used for hydrocarbon catalytic cracking processes with vanadium as a contaminant, including an active phase formed by different pyrophosphates M2P2O7 (M=Ba or Ca) supported on a mixture of magnesium and aluminum oxide, preferably magnesium aluminate in the spinel phase. The composition captures the metals originating from the charge, particularly vanadium, and thus protects the catalyst. Said composition is preferably used in the form of a separated particle in order to the control the addition thereof to the unit according to the metal content of the charge. The invention also relates to the method for preparing said composition, including synthesis of pyrophosphates, formation of a suspension of boehmite alumina, magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide, together with oxides M2P2O7, spray drying and calcination of the microspheres without generating any loss in the crystalline structure of oxides M2P2O7.
US08633124B2	Spheroidal particles for olefin polymerization catalyst The invention relates to a process for the synthesis of spheroidal magnesium alkoxide having improved mechanical strength and narrow particle size distribution, the process comprising reacting magnesium metal, in the presence of iodine, with a mixture of alcohols by step-wise heating first in the range of 40° C. to 65° C. for a period of 2 hours and then in the range of 65° C. to 80° C. for a period of 1 hour, further by maintaining reaction temperature at 80° C. for a period of 6-10 hours, the vapors of the mixture produced during the reaction being condensed in an overhead condenser, hydrogen gas produced during the reaction being vented off and the mixture of alcohols left after the reaction being filtered and reused. The invention also relates to spheroidal magnesium alkoxide particles synthesized by the method, to the Ziegler natta procatalyst synthesized by using the alkoxide and to the polymer resin synthesized using the procatalyst.
US08633121B2	Fluorophosphate glass, glass material for press molding, optical element blank, optical element, processes for production of same, and process for production of glass moldings The present invention provide a fluorophosphate glass comprising 3 to 25 cation % of P5+, more than 30 cation % and 40 cation % or less of Al3+, 0.5 to 20 cation % of Li+ and 65 anion % or more of F− as glass ingredients, and having a liquid phase temperature of 700° C. or less. The fluorophosphate glass of the present invention has ultra low dispersibility and stability, and is preferably used for glass materials for press molding, optical element blanks and optical elements.
US08633120B2	Lyocell fiber The invention concerns a Lyocell fiber, containing a material selected from the group consisting of pearl powder, ground nacre and mixtures thereof. For the manufacture of the fiber according to the invention, a process is used comprising the steps of manufacturing a spinning solution of cellulose in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide, preferably N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) spinning the spinning solution to fibers, and being characterized in that a material selected from the group consisting of pearl powder, ground nacre and mixtures thereof is admixed to the spinning solution and/or to a precursor thereof.
US08633116B2	Dry etching method A dry etching method includes a first step and a second step. The first step includes generating a first plasma from a gas mixture, which includes an oxidation gas and a fluorine containing gas, and performing anisotropic etching with the first plasma on a silicon layer to form a recess in the silicon layer. The second step includes alternately repeating an organic film forming process whereby an organic film is deposited on the inner surface of the recess with a second plasma, and an etching process whereby the recess covered with the organic film is anisotropically etched with the first plasma. When an etching stopper layer is exposed from a part of the bottom surface of the recess formed in the first step, the first step is switched to the second step.
US08633115B2	Methods for atomic layer etching Provided are methods of etching a substrate using atomic layer deposition apparatus. Atomic layer deposition apparatus including a gas distribution plate with a thermal element are discussed. The thermal element is capable of locally changing the temperature of a portion of the surface of the substrate to vaporize an etch layer deposited on the substrate.
US08633113B2	Method for fabricating a bottom oxide layer in a trench A method for fabricating a bottom oxide layer in a trench (102) is disclosed. The method comprises forming the trench (102) in a semiconductor substrate (100), depositing an oxide layer to partially fill a field area (104) and the trench (102), wherein said oxide layer has oxide overhang portions (106) and removing the oxide overhang portions (106) of the deposited oxide layer. Thereafter, the method comprises forming a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) layer (108) to cover the oxide layer in the field area (104) and the trench (102), removing the BARC layer (110) from the field area (104), while retaining a predetermined thickness of the BARC layer (112) in the trench (102), removing the oxide layer from the field area (104) and removing the BARC layer and oxide layer in the trench (102) to obtain a predetermined thickness of the bottom oxide layer (114).
US08633110B2	Titanium nitride films The use of a monolayer or partial monolayer sequencing process to form conductive titanium nitride produces a reliable structure for use in a variety of electronic devices. In an embodiment, a structure can be formed by using ammonia and carbon monoxide reactant materials with respect to a titanium-containing precursor exposed to a substrate. Such a TiN layer has a number of uses including, but not limited to, use as a diffusion barrier underneath another conductor or use as an electro-migration preventing layer on top of a conductor. Such deposited TiN material may have characteristics associated with a low resistivity, a smooth topology, high deposition rates, excellent step coverage, and electrical continuity.
US08633106B2	Heterojunction bipolar transistors and methods of manufacture Semiconductor structures and methods of manufacture semiconductors are provided which relate to heterojunction bipolar transistors. The method includes forming two devices connected by metal wires on a same wiring level. The metal wire of a first of the two devices is formed by selectively forming a metal cap layer on copper wiring structures.
US08633098B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, which comprises: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming an interface layer, a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode on the substrate; forming a metal oxygen absorption layer on the gate electrode; performing a thermal annealing process on the semiconductor device so that the metal oxygen absorption layer absorbs oxygen in the interface layer and the thickness of the interface layer is reduced. By means of the present invention, the thickness of the interface layer can be reduced on one hand, and on the other hand the metal in the metal oxygen absorption layer is made to diffuse into the gate electrode and/or the gate dielectric layer through the annealing process, which further achieves the effects of adjusting the effective work function and controlling the threshold voltage.
US08633084B1	Methods of forming a memory cell having programmable material that comprises a multivalent metal oxide portion and an oxygen containing dielectric portion A method of forming a memory cell includes forming one of multivalent metal oxide material or oxygen-containing dielectric material over a first conductive structure. An outer surface of the multivalent metal oxide material or the oxygen-containing dielectric material is treated with an organic base. The other of the multivalent metal oxide material or oxygen-containing dielectric material is formed over the treated outer surface. A second conductive structure is formed over the other of the multivalent metal oxide material or oxygen-containing dielectric material.
US08633076B2	Method for adjusting fin width in integrated circuitry A method includes growing a plurality of parallel mandrels on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, each mandrel having at least two laterally opposite sidewalls and a predetermined width. The method further includes forming a first type of spacers on the sidewalls of the mandrels, wherein the first type of spacers between two adjacent mandrels are separated by a gap. The predetermined mandrel width is adjusted to close the gap between the adjacent first type of spacers to form a second type of spacers. The mandrels are removed to form a first type of fins from the first type of spacers, and to form a second type of fins from spacers between two adjacent mandrels. The second type of fins are wider than the first type of fins.
US08633073B2	Method of forming semiconductor device A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following processes. A first groove is formed in a semiconductor substrate. A first conductive film is formed in the first groove and over the semiconductor substrate. The first conductive film is planarized over the semiconductor substrate. The planarized first conductive film is selectively etched to have the planarized first conductive film remain in a lower portion of the first groove.
US08633070B2	Lightly doped source/drain last method for dual-epi integration An integrated circuit device and method for fabricating the integrated circuit device is disclosed. The method involves providing a substrate; forming a gate structure over the substrate; forming an epitaxial layer in a source and drain region of the substrate that is interposed by the gate structure; and after forming the epitaxial layer, forming a lightly doped source and drain (LDD) feature in the source and drain region.
US08633068B2	Vertical transistor actuation A method of actuating a semiconductor device includes providing a transistor including a substrate and a first electrically conductive material layer stack positioned on the substrate. The first electrically conductive material layer stack includes a reentrant profile. A second electrically conductive material layer includes first and second discrete portions in contact with first and second portions of a semiconductor material layer that conforms to the reentrant profile and is in contact with an electrically insulating material layer that conforms to the reentrant profile. A voltage is applied between the first discrete portion and the second discrete portion of the second electrically conductive material layer. A voltage is applied to the first electrically conductive material layer stack to modulate a resistance between the first discrete portion and the second discrete portion of the second electrically conductive material layer.
US08633054B2	Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same In an organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display device comprises: a substrate including a transistor region; a buffer layer and a semiconductor layer sequentially formed on the substrate; a gate electrode formed on the semiconductor layer; an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate electrode; source and drain electrodes, each formed on the interlayer insulating film and having a portion penetrating the interlayer insulating film so as to contact the semiconductor layer; a mask pattern formed on each of the source and drain electrodes; and a pixel defined layer formed on the mask pattern.
US08633052B2	Wedge imprint patterning of irregular surface Patterned substrates for photovoltaic and other uses are made by pressing a flexible stamp upon a thin layer of resist material, which covers a substrate, such as a wafer. The resist changes phase or becomes flowable, flowing away from locations of impression, revealing the substrate, which is subjected to some shaping process, typically etching. Portions exposed by the stamp being are removed, and portions that protected by the resist, remain. A typical substrate is silicon, and a typical resist is a wax. Workpiece textures include extended grooves, discrete, spaced apart pits, and combinations and intermediates thereof. Platen or rotary patterning apparatus may be used. Rough and irregular workpiece substrates may be accommodated by extended stamp elements. Resist may be applied first to the workpiece, the stamp, or substantially simultaneously, in discrete locations, or over the entire surface of either. The resist dewets the substrate completely where desired.
US08633049B2	Method of fabrication of Al/GE bonding in a wafer packaging environment and a product produced therefrom A method of bonding of germanium to aluminum between two substrates to create a robust electrical and mechanical contact is disclosed. An aluminum-germanium bond has the following unique combination of attributes: (1) it can form a hermetic seal; (2) it can be used to create an electrically conductive path between two substrates; (3) it can be patterned so that this conduction path is localized; (4) the bond can be made with the aluminum that is available as standard foundry CMOS process. This has the significant advantage of allowing for wafer-level bonding or packaging without the addition of any additional process layers to the CMOS wafer.
US08633044B2	Display device and method for fabricating same In a display region of an active matrix substrate, an interlayer insulating film made of a photosensitive organic insulating film, an insulating film different from the interlayer insulating film, and a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on a surface of the interlayer insulating film are provided. In a non-display region of the active matrix substrate, a lead line extended from the display region is formed. In a formation region for a sealing member, the interlayer insulating film is removed, the insulating film is provided to cover part of the lead line, and the sealing member is formed directly on a surface of the insulating film.
US08633043B2	Method of fabricating fringe field switching liquid crystal display device A method of fabricating a fringe field switching (FFS)-liquid crystal display (LCD) device may have the following advantage. An inferior connection between the drain electrode and the pixel electrode may be prevented by preventing formation of a copper compound on the drain electrode, by performing a back channel etching after patterning a pixel electrode, and by performing a wet strip rather than a dry strip. This may result in a direct contact between copper and ITO, thereby reducing the number of mask processes.
US08633023B2	Method of liquid nitrogen surface vitrification A method of liquid nitrogen surface vitrification requiring an embryo washed in a rinsing medium, then incubated in a base medium and incubated in a hold medium before being washed in a vitrification medium and produced into a vitrification droplet (270). For forming the droplet, vitrification medium (210), an intermediary fluid such as air, followed by vitrification medium containing at least one embryo (250) are aspirated into the channel. The vitrification droplet consequently can contain an air bubble (220). The vitrification droplet can be produced from an instrument with a channel and dropped directly into liquid phase nitrogen producing a vitrified droplet. The vitrified droplet can be stored in cryo-vessels, and warmed for revitalization of biological function of vitrified biological cell mass or tissues, such as oocytes and/or embryos.
US08633021B2	Stem cells treated by in vitro fucosylation and methods of use A method of in vitro fucosylation of selectin ligands on cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplantation is disclosed. In this method, an effective amount of an α1,3-fucosyltransferase, e.g., α1,3-fucosyltransferase VI, is used in vitro to treat cord blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells to convert non-functional PSGL-1 or other ligands on the cell surface into functional forms that bind selectins, especially P-selectin or E-selectin. The treated cells have enhanced effectiveness in reconstituting bone marrow in patients in need of such therapy.
US08633019B2	Methods for treating spinal muscular atrophy The present invention provides nucleic acid constructs, methods for identifying and validating compounds that increase the inclusion of exon 7 of SMN2 into mRNA transcribed from the SMN2 gene, compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that increase levels of SMN protein produced from the SMN2 gene, and methods for use thereof in treating of SMA.
US08633016B2	Microbial detection assembly A microbial detection assembly is disclosed which includes a tubular body, a pierceable septum, and a plunger. The tubular body defines a longitudinal axis and has a first end and a second end. The pierceable septum is configured to seal the first end of the tubular body. The plunger head is configured to substantially close the second end of the tubular body. Together, the plunger head, the pierceable septum, and the tubular body define a reservoir dimensioned to receive a medium and a sample substance. Additionally, the plunger head is positioned and is movable within the tubular body in response to changes in pressure within the reservoir.
US08633004B1	Method and system for harvesting hydrothermal energy A method for extracting fuel gases from an underwater plume emitted from an underwater hydrothermal vent includes the step of collecting via an underwater fluid collector an underwater plume emitted from the hydrothermal vent. The underwater plume includes methane and hydrogen. The method further includes a step of directing a first fluid containing the underwater plume into a first inlet of a first underwater heat exchanger and a second fluid into a second inlet of the first underwater heat exchanger. The second fluid at the second inlet is at a temperature sufficiently lower than the temperature of the first fluid to transfer sufficient heat therebetween to form methane hydrate and hydrogen-methane hydrate in the first fluid. The method further includes the step of conveying the methane hydrate and hydrogen-methane hydrate to the surface of the water body via a duct connected to a first outlet of the first heat exchanger.
US08633002B2	Microbial production of fatty alcohols Genes and strains of recombinant microorganisms are provided that are engineered to produce fatty alcohols and fatty alcohol derivatives. The organisms can include one, two, three or more transgenes that direct the biosynthesis of one or more fatty alcohols or derivatives. Methods of producing fatty alcohols using transgenic microorganisms are also provided.
US08632998B2	Nucleic acid isothermal amplification method A nucleic acid isothermal amplification method includes: performing a reverse transcription reaction to reverse-transcribe a target RNA strand into a template DNA strand; irradiating a reaction solution with light to dissociate a photodegradable protecting group bound to a nucleotide in a sequence of an oligonucleotide primer; and performing an amplification reaction for the template DNA strand.
US08632989B1	Mutant insulin degrading enzyme and methods of use In one aspect, the present invention provides an isolated mutant insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) having an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 over its entire length and comprises at least one amino acid substitution at any of amino acid residues 332, 339, 341, 359, 360, 361, 374, 429, 609, 898, 899 or 901 of the sequence. The mutant IDE has a differential activity relative to that of wild-type IDE. Also provided is a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide of the invention.
US08632986B2	Methods and kits for detection of toxemia Various embodiments of methods and kits are disclosed for prognosis, detection, and/or diagnosis of toxemia in a subject patient by analyzing an aliquot of the subject patient's extracellular fluid (e.g., blood serum) that contains carrier proteins.
US08632978B2	Soybean event pDAB9582.814.19.1 detection method Soybean Event pDAB9582.814.19.1 comprises genes encoding Cry1F, Cry1Ac (synpro), and PAT, affording insect resistance and herbicide tolerance to soybean crops containing the event, and enabling methods for crop protection and protection of stored products. The invention provides PCR event detection methods.
US08632972B2	Methods and compositions for identifying RNA-binding proteins The present invention includes compositions, methods and kits for the identification of a polypeptide that binds to a predetermined RNA sequence. The invention comprises, in part, a photoreactive moiety to aid in identification of such a polypeptide.
US08632968B2	Method for the detection and/or identification of a microorganism The present invention relates generally to a method of identifying micro-organisms in a sample and in particular to the identification of prokaryotic micro-organisms. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a method for the detection and/or identification of at least one microorganism or for the simultaneous detection and/or identification of several microorganisms in a test sample wherein the test sample is contacted with one or more probes derived from a tuf gene variable region.
US08632965B2	Embossed cell analyte sensor and methods of manufacture An analyte measurement system is provided having sensors with embossed test chamber channels. In one embodiment, the sensors are elongate test strips for in vitro testing, each test strip having a substrate, at least one electrode, an embossed channel in the electrode, and lidding tape covering at least a portion of the embossed channel. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed for filling the sensor channels with reagent, and for trimming the ends of the sensors to eliminate the need for a calibration code during use of the sensors with a meter.
US08632954B2	Method for making a lithographic printer plate precursor A method for making a lithographic printing plate precursor is disclosed comprising the steps of a. providing a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a photopolymerizable coating comprising a photopolymerizable composition, and an overcoat layer comprising a water soluble low molecular weight acid, wherein said overcoat layer has a surface pH-value ranging between 1 to 6; b. image-wise exposing the precursor; c. optionally heating the exposed precursor; d. processing the obtained precursor by applying a gum solution and optionally brushing the precursor, and/or by mounting the precursor on a plate cylinder of a lithographic printing press and rotating the plate cylinder while feeding dampening liquid and/or ink to the coating. The printing plate obtained after imaging and processing in an off-press configuration with a gum solution or in an on-press configuration with fountain solution and ink shows an improved roll-up performance in the start-up of a printing process on a printing press.
US08632953B2	Process for making lithographic printing plate A process for making a lithographic printing plate, comprising: an exposure step of imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor that comprises, above a hydrophilic support, a photosensitive layer comprising (A) a compound that generates a radical upon the application of light or heat, (B) a polymer having an aromatic carboxy group in a side chain, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) an infrared absorber; and a development processing step using one type of processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid has a pH of 8.5 to 10.8.
US08632941B2	Negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors with IR dyes A lithographic printing plate precursor comprises an imageable layer comprising a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition capable of generating free radicals upon exposure to imaging infrared radiation, an infrared radiation absorbing dye that is defined by Structure (I) shown in the disclosure, which dyes comprise one or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups in an organic group that is attached to the methine chain. These infrared radiation absorbing dyes exhibit a reduced tendency to crystallize in the imageable layers in the presence of tetraaryl borate counter anions and therefore provide improved shelf life.
US08632929B2	Oxygen reduction electrode and fuel cell including the same An oxygen reduction electrode and a fuel cell including the same are provided. A catalyst layer of the oxygen reduction electrode includes a metalloporphyrin derivative as an additive. Accordingly, the oxygen reduction electrode can increase oxygen concentration and can easily form a triple phase boundary by reducing a flooding phenomenon caused by an electrolyte. A fuel cell including the same is also provided.
US08632918B2	Electrolyte formulations for wide temperature lithium ion batteries A non-aqueous rechargeable electrochemical cell includes an electrolyte composition produced through the dissolution of a thermally stable lithium salt in a lactone solvent. The resulting cell has stable performance in a wide temperature range between −40° C. and 80° C. The resulting cell operates across this wide temperature range with a commercially acceptable capacity retention, power loss characteristics, and safety characteristics across this temperature range.
US08632916B2	Lithium ion polymer battery The lithium ion polymer battery includes a positive electrode plate formed with a positive electrode mixture layer having a lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode plate, a separator, and a gel nonaqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode active material having an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 μm and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m2/g, the positive electrode mixture layer containing at least one of aluminum, titanium, or zirconium based coupling agent having an alkyl or an alkoxy groups having 1 to 18 carbon atoms at a content of 0.01% or more and 5% or less by mass with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material, and the gel nonaqueous electrolyte being formed from a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a monomer having a (meth)acrylic end group. Thus improved nail penetration characteristics and superior cycle characteristics are obtained.
US08632904B2	Method of producing electrode composite material The invention relates to a method for producing a material for a composite electrode.The method is intended for the preparation of a composite material consisting of an active electrode material M1, a material C1 conferring electronic conductivity, an organic binder and a salt, said binder comprising a polymer P1 having an O, N, P or S heteroatom mass content of 15% or higher, a polymer P2 having an O, N, P or S heteroatom mass content of 5% or less, and a nonvolatile liquid organic solvent S1. It includes a step consisting in preparing a viscous solution containing at least one polymer P1, at least one polymer P2, a material C1, an active electrode material M1 and at least one nonvolatile solvent S1, and a step consisting in forming a film from the viscous solution obtained.
US08632897B2	Multilayer hard magnet and data storage device read/write head incorporating the same A hard magnet may include a seed layer including a first component including at least one of a Pt-group metal, Fe, Mn, and Co, a cap layer comprising the first component, and a multilayer stack between the seed layer and the cap layer. In some embodiments, the multilayer stack may include a first layer of including the first component and a second component including at least one of a Pt-group metal, Fe, Mn, and Co, where the second component is different than the first component. The multilayer stack may further include a second layer formed over the first layer and including the second component, and a third layer formed over the second layer and including the first component and the second component.
US08632891B2	Aluminium composite sheet material Automotive body sheet in the form of an aluminum composite sheet material wherein a clad sheet is applied to at least one side of a core material, and wherein the core material is of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of AA2xxx, AA5xxx and AA7xxx-series alloys, and wherein the clad sheet includes an AA6xxx-series alloy having less than 0.2 wt. % Cu or an AA5xxx-series alloy having less than 3.6 wt. % of Mg.
US08632887B2	Interlayer for laminated glass, and laminated glass The present invention provides an interlayer film for a laminated glass which can suppress bubble formation and bubble growth in the laminated glass. An interlayer film 1 for a laminated glass includes a first layer 2 and a second layer 3 laminated on one face 2a of the first layer 2. Each of the first layer 2 and the second layer 3 contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer. In the case of measuring viscoelasticity of a resin film (glass transition temperature: Tg (° C.)) formed from the first layer 2 or a resin film (glass transition temperature: Tg (° C.)) formed with 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl acetal resin contained in the first layer 2 and 60 parts by weight of a plasticizer of triethylene glycol di-2-ethylhexanoate (3GO), the resin film has an elastic modulus of G′(Tg+80) at (Tg+80)° C. and an elastic modulus of G′(Tg+30) at (Tg+30)° C., and provides a ratio (G′(Tg+80)/G′(Tg+30)) of 0.65 or higher.
US08632882B2	Dialkoxymagnesium granules and method for their synthesis Dialkoxymagnesium granules having spherical or ellipsoidal particle shapes with a mean particle size, represented by D50, in the range of 60-200 μm, a bulk specific gravity of 0.2-0.7 g/ml, having numerous interior pores with pore sizes of 0.1-5 μm as observed with a TEM, and having a particle size distribution, represented by (D90−D10)/D50, of no greater than 1. Granular metallic magnesium and an alcohol are added continuously or intermittently in divided portions to a reaction system of the metallic magnesium and alcohol while circulating the alcohol for reaction. Large-sized dialkoxymagnesium granules are obtained with a uniform particle size distribution and containing no fine powder.
US08632881B2	Glass fiber product A glass fiber product comprises glass fibers treated with a coating composition comprising a synthetic resin and a mixture of an acetylene glycol or an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block or random adduct thereof and a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether having an HLB of 8 to 18 or a sulfur-containing surfactant.
US08632876B2	Laminated polyester film for solar cell backsheets In a laminated polyester film for solar cell backsheets, which includes a surface layer (A) and a substrate layer (B), the surface layer (A) is made of a polyester composition including 10 to 30 wt % of rutile-type titanium dioxide particles and 70 to 90 wt % of a polyester, the substrate layer (B) is made of a polyester composition including 0.1 to 4 wt % of rutile-type titanium dioxide particles and 96 to 99.9 wt % of a polyester, the substrate layer (B) has a thickness of 70% to 97% of the total film thickness, the weight average molecular weight and COOH end group concentration of polyester in the laminated film are 47,000 to 65,000 and 6 to 25 eq/ton, respectively, and the average content of rutile-type titanium dioxide particles in all layers of the laminated film is 3 to 8 wt %. As a result, a laminated polyester film for solar cell backsheets, which has excellent weatherability and hydrolysis resistance and is capable of maintaining strength over a long period of time, is provided.
US08632870B2	Recording layer for optical information recording medium and optical information recording medium An optical information recording medium includes a recording layer capable of recording information signals on the basis of application of light, wherein the recording layer contains an oxide of metal X and an oxide of metal Y, the metal X is at least one type selected from the group consisting of tungsten and molybdenum, and the metal Y is at least one type selected from the group consisting of copper, manganese, nickel, and silver.
US08632868B2	Integrated insulation extrusion and extrusion technology for window and door systems Extruded plastic profiles with integrated insulation, the method for extruding such products, and the windows and doors made with such plastic extrusions. The plastic extrusions may additionally include a low heat build-up capstock system comprising an acrylic cap and pigment system that is substantially IR transparent. The extruded plastic profiles with integrated insulation are recyclable using conventional plastic extrusion process and are fully weldable in conventional window and door manufacturing.
US08632865B2	Heat-shrinkable polyester film A heat-shrinkable polyester film having a heat-shrinkage change per degree Celsius (%/° C.) along the main shrinkage direction of 1.5 to 3.0 in the range of 60° C. to 70° C., 2.5 to 3.5 in the range of 70° C. to 80° C., 1.0 to 2.0 in the range of 80° C. to 90° C., and 0.1 to 1.0 in the range of 90° C. to 100° C., has a good appearance quality after shrinkage and thus suitable for a wrapping material, particularly a label for a bottle.
US08632858B2	Methods of photocuring and imaging The photocuring efficiency of a photoinitiator is increased by mixing it with an organic phosphite and an aldehyde. This mixture or photoinitiator composition can be used to cure acrylates or other photocurable compounds, particularly in an oxygen-containing environment.
US08632855B2	Methods of preparing a graphene sheet Methods of preparing a carbon-based sheet are provided, the methods include aligning carbon-containing materials on a substrate and forming the carbon-based sheet on the substrate by performing an annealing process on the substrate including the carbon-containing materials. The carbon-based sheet may be a graphene sheet.
US08632851B1	Method of forming an I-II-VI2 compound semiconductor thin film of chalcopyrite structure A method of forming an compound semiconductor thin film of chalcopyrite structure includes the steps of heating up elemental VI powder in a first chamber to produce VI vapor flux. The VI vapor flow is introduced into a second chamber and an Argon plasma is utilized to crack large molecular VI fractions to generate small VI species. The small molecule VI species are homogeneously deposited on the metallic I-III precursor layers and the precursor film is sealed into a graphite box and transferred to an annealing chamber to create an absorber layer with a large grain size and good crystalline structure.
US08632837B2	Direct fluid coating of drug eluting balloon A system and method for coating an expandable member of a medical device comprises providing a dispenser in fluid communication with a fluid source with the dispenser having at least one outlet to dispense fluid of the fluid source therefrom. The outlet(s) of the dispenser is positioned proximate a surface of an expandable member, with relative movement between the outlet(s) and the surface of the expandable member established along a coating path, and fluid is dispensed from the dispenser to form a substantially continuous bead of fluid between the at least one outlet and the surface of the expandable member along the coating path, and simultaneously drying the fluid while dispensing the fluid from the dispenser to control flow of fluid on the surface of the expandable member. The fluid source can include a variety of therapeutic agents.
US08632834B2	Edible energy composition An energy composition includes a methylated xanthine, a choline derivative, and at least one flavorant in a sufficient amount to render the energy composition palatable. The energy composition may also include vitamins, amino acids, preservatives, and the like.
US08632830B2	Fish fodder for freshwater fish and use of such fodder A rearing fodder of extruded fodder type, comprising proteins, fats and carbohydrates, for freshwater fish, wherein the fish is larger than 2 grams, and wherein the freshwater has a content of CO2 being above 5 milligrams/liter, wherein the fodder has an increased content of at least one of the minerals: phosphate (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), sodium (Na) and magnesium (Mg) beyond what exists naturally in the used protein raw materials, fat raw materials and carbohydrate raw materials, wherein the collective amount of minerals in the extruded fodder is at least 10%, on a dry substance basis, of the total weight of the fodder, and wherein one or more of the minerals phosphate (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), sodium (Na) and magnesium (Mg) is/are added beyond what exist in the used protein raw materials, fat raw materials and carbohydrate raw materials.
US08632824B2	Process of obtaining thylakoids from photosynthetic organisms; plant fractions obtained from the process; pure thylakoids; and methods of use of thylakoids as ROS scavengers, photo-protectors, biosensors, biofilters and bioreactors This invention relates to a process by which an extract comprising integral thylakoids is obtained. The resulting extract is a potent dynamic antioxidant useful as a ROS (reactive oxygen species) scavenger. This extract is intended to be used for the treatment or prevention of diseases involving the generation of ROS, such as inflammatory diseases or cancer. This extract also finds a use as a solar screen because of its capacity to capture UV radiations and to dissipate the solar energy into heat.
US08632823B2	Treatment of infected tissues with hypochlorous acid Super-oxidized water based on hypochlorous acid, such as is obtained by the electrochemical treatment of a saline solution, may be used in the treatment of leg ulcers or other open wounds. Preferably, the pH of the super-oxidized water is in a range of 4 to 7, and the water has a redox potential of >950 mV. Medicaments based on the super-oxidized water may be in liquid or gel form. The super-oxidized water is able to control the microbial population within the wound and at the same time permit cell proliferation.
US08632808B2	Taste-masking solid preparation of pioglitazone A solid preparation sufficiently masking the unpleasant taste of pioglitazone or a salt thereof; a solid preparation sufficiently masking the unpleasant taste of pioglitazone or a salt thereof and having superior properties of superior disintegration property in the oral cavity, appropriate preparation strength, long-term preservation stability and the like is provided. The present invention provides a solid preparation comprising particles comprising (i) core particles comprising an excipient, and (ii) pioglitazone or a salt thereof and an acid-soluble polymer both coating the core particles.
US08632807B2	Pharmaceutical composition The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing rosuvastatin calcium of formula (I) and processes for their manufacture.
US08632804B2	Lipid-based compositions of antiinfectives for treating pulmonary infections and methods of use thereof A system for treating or providing prophylaxus against a pulmonary infection is disclosed comprising: a) a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a mixture of free antiinfective and antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition, and b) an inhalation delivery device. A method for providing prophylaxis against a pulmonary infection in a patient and a method of reducing the loss of antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition upon nebulization comprising administering an aerosolized pharmaceutical formulation comprising a mixture of free antiinfective and antiinfective encapsulated in a lipid-based composition is also disclosed.
US08632802B2	Device for transdermal administration of drugs including acrylic polymers A transdermal delivery system is provided where the drug delivery rates, onset and profiles of at least one active agent are controlled by selectively manipulating the monomeric make up of an acrylic-based polymer in the transdermal drug delivery system. The drug carrier composition may be comprised of (a) one or more acrylic-based polymers having one or more different monomers selected from the group consisting of hard and soft monomers; (b) one or more silicone-based polymers; and (c) one or more active agents where the device provides a desired solubility for the active agent and controls drug delivery rates, onset and profiles of at least one active agent.
US08632799B2	Saline nose wipe and methods of manufacture and use The present invention generally relates to a wet wipe or sheet that is suitable for contacting the skin and removing mucus from the skin. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wet wipe having an aqueous saline component suitable for dissolving and removing mucus in combination with the fabric matrix of the wet wipe. Typically, the fabric matrix of the wet wipe has a capacity of about 125 grams of solution per square meter, and it is impregnated with the aqueous saline solution to a level at or below approximately 80% of the absorbent capacity of the matrix.
US08632789B2	System and method for delivery of DNA-binding chemotherapy drugs using nanoparticles System and method for loading the front line anticancer drug, doxorubicin (DOX) onto DNA-capped gold nanoparticles whose duplex DNA has been designed for specific DOX intercalation. Since each AuNP contains about 108 high affinity drug sites, this design allows for a high local DOX concentration on the particle. Drug binding was confirmed by monitoring the increase in DNA melting temperature, the shift in the plasmon resonance maximum, and the increase in the NP hydrodynamic radius as a function of [DOX]/[DNA] ratio. The feasibility of the nanoparticles as a drug delivery system was demonstrated by showing that particle-bound DOX could be transferred to a target DNA.
US08632784B2	Nucleic acids and proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae Novel proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae are described, together with nucleic acid sequences encoding them. Their use in vaccines and in screening methods is also described.
US08632779B2	S. aureus polypeptides and antibodies The invention relates to antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes, vaccines comprising said polypeptides; therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides and methods to manufacture said polypeptides, vaccines and antibodies.
US08632775B2	Apoptotic anti-IgE antibodies The present application relates to apoptotic anti-IgE antibodies, nucleic acid encoding the same, therapeutic compositions thereof, and their use in the treatment of IgE-mediated disorders.
US08632766B2	Strain composition of the Lactobacillus genus and the application of strain composition of the Lactobacillus genus A subject of the invention is a composition containing strains Lactobacillus fermentum 57A, Lactobacillus plantarum 57B and Lactobacillus gasseri 57C of special characteristics such as a feature of strong diversified affinity for the digestive tract and vaginal epithelia enabling the colonization of the vagina and anus after the crossover through intestines as well as the feature of co-aggregation enabling for synergetic activity. The subject of the invention is also the application of the composition for restoration of the natural bacterial flora of the vagina and anus.
US08632765B2	Modified factor VIII and factor IX genes and vectors for gene therapy The present invention relates to a modified and optimized Factor VIII or Factor IX nucleic acid for inclusion in a chimeric virus vector. Use of such vector can be used for treatment of hemophilia.
US08632760B2	Method of enhancing hair growth Methods and compositions for stimulating the growth of hair are disclosed wherein said compositions include a cyclopentane heptanoic acid, 2-cycloalkyl or arylalkyl compound represented by the formula I wherein the dashed bonds represent a single or double bond which can be in the cis or trans configuration, A, B, Z, X, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. Such compositions are used in treating the skin or scalp of a human or non-human animal. Bimatoprost is preferred for this treatment.
US08632759B2	Hair restorer The object of the present invention is to provide a hair restorer which exhibits a stimulatory effect on hair restoration against hair loss, hair thinning, split ends, hair graying, etc., with higher stability and safety than those of known hair restorers containing 5-aminolevulinic acids as active components. By using 5-aminolevulinic acid or its salt or its derivative, and a composition containing iron sodium diethylenetriaminepentaacetate or iron ammonium diethylenetriaminepentaacetate as active components, a hair restorer and a method for restoring hair which are excellent in hair growth promotion, and stability and safety, are provided.
US08632756B1	Antiperspirant compositions and methods for preparing antiperspirant compositions Antiperspirant compositions are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an antiperspirant composition includes an active antiperspirant compound and a structurant compound. The structurant compound includes a polyethylene having an average molecular weight of about 450 Daltons to about 580 Daltons and a polydispersity of greater than or equal to about 1.03. The polyethylene has a melting temperature of less than about 78° C.
US08632739B2	Apparatus and methods for processing biological samples and a reservoir therefor An apparatus for processing at least one biological sample accommodated on at least one carrier member (15) in a chamber includes, at least one reservoir (18) able to accommodate a fluid on a surface inside the chamber adjacent to and/or facing a substantial part of the at least one biological sample. The apparatus may comprise a bottom member (12) arranged to support at least one carrier member (15) carrying at least one biological sample and a lid (14) including at least one fluid reservoir (18). The reservoir filled with water provides humidity to the chamber and impedes drying out of the sample.
US08632737B2	Systems and methods for controlled pervaporation in horticultural cellular tissue A hypobaric apparatus and methods capable of inducing and maintaining in stored horticultural cellular tissue controlled pervaporation of undesired chemical compounds without reaching the boiling point of intracellular water molecules, comprising a hypobaric chamber constructed to provide a leak rate of less than 4.0 mm Hg per hour, sensors and regulators coupled to the chamber and to a controller to measure and regulate target correlates. Commodities processed, including processing storage periods longer than any known involving controlled atmosphere, exhibit an absence of low oxygen injury, high carbon dioxide injury, chilling injury, leaf abscission, leaf de-greening, fungal decay, bacterial decay, gravitational curving, geotropic curvatures, leaf epinasty, stem epinasty, flower fading, senescence, live invertebrates at any life stage, fumigant chemical compounds, volatile fungicides, volatile bactericides; no advance in ripening; minimal water loss.
US08632732B2	Device and method for measuring the water activity of foods Example embodiments relate a device for measuring the water activity of foods and method for obtaining a water activity measurement. The device includes a container housing the food sample, a disc of permeable material to support a reactive substance which in turn is used to record the water activity level of the food sample (23) being studied. The substance is positioned in the center of the disc. A threaded cover is disposed at a free end of the container. When insulation is provided between the interior and exterior of the container, any water contained in the food sample evaporates and as it passes through the disc. As the water comes into contact with the reactive substance, a color scale records the water activity of the study sample.
US08632727B2	Self-supporting insulating end cone liner and pollution control device The invention provides a flexible and self-supporting insulating end cone liner comprising resilient and compressible intumescent or non-intumescent material molded into a single, continuous piece having a three dimensional cone shape, with the insulating material comprising inorganic fibers and an organic binder, and a pollution control device that includes such an end cone liner.
US08632704B2	Dielectric fluid composition containing vegetable oils and free of antioxidants A dielectric fluid composition containing of 60% to 63% in weight of mono-unsaturated fatty acid, of 20% to 23% in weight of di-unsaturated fatty acid, of 5% to 7% in weight of tri-unsaturated fatty acid, and of 6% to 8% in weight of saturated fatty acid, such that the dielectric fluid is free of antioxidants and/or external additives and has the following properties: a dielectric strength of 40 kV to 70 kV at a separation of 2 mm, a dielectric constant of 2.5 to 3.1 at 25° C., and a dissipation factor of 0.05% to 0.15% at 25° C. The dielectric fluid composition can be obtained by a combination of 95.5% to 99.25% in weight of at least one high oleic vegetable oil, of 0.25% to 1.5% in weight of grape seed oil, of 0.25% to 1.5% in weight of sesame seed oil, and of 0.25% to 1.5% in weight of rice bran oil.
US08632696B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device The subject is to provide a liquid crystal composition that satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or that is suitably balanced regarding at least two characteristics. The subject is to provide an AM device that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The invention provides a liquid crystal composition having a negative dielectric anisotropy that contains a specific compound having negatively large dielectric anisotropy as the first component, and has a specific two ring compound having a low viscosity as the second component, and provides a liquid crystal display device containing the composition.
US08632691B2	Interface treatment method for germanium-based device Disclosed herein is an interface treatment method for germanium-based device, which belongs to the field of manufacturing technologies of ultra large scaled integrated (ULSI) circuits. In the method, the natural oxide layer on the surface of the germanium-based substrate is removed by using a concentrated hydrochloric acid solution having a mass percentage concentration of 15%˜36%, and dangling bonds of the surface are performed a passivation treatment by using a diluted hydrochloric acid solution having a mass percentage concentration of 5%˜10% so as to form a stable passivation layer on the surface. This method makes a good foundation for depositing a high-K (high dielectric constant) gate dielectric on the surface of the germanium-based substrate after cleaning and passivating, enhances quality of the interface between the gate dielectric and the substrate, and improves the electrical performance of germanium-based MOS device.
US08632690B2	Method and apparatus for preventing native oxide regrowth A method for combinatorially processing a substrate is provided. The method includes introducing a first etchant into a reactor cell and introducing a fluid into the reactor cell while the first etchant remains in the reactor cell. After initiating the introducing the fluid, contents of the reactor cell are removed through a first removal line and a second removal line, wherein the first removal line extends farther into the reactor cell than the second removal line. A level of the fluid above an inlet to the first removal line is maintained while removing the contents. A second etchant is introduced into the reactor cell while removing the contents through the first removal line and the second removal line. The method includes continuing the introducing of the second etchant until a concentration of the second etchant is at a desired level, wherein the surface of the substrate remains submerged.
US08632671B2	Method for measuring carbon nanotubes taken-up by a plurality of living cells The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and kits for determining the presence and the concentration of nanoparticles in a given area, solution or region via cellular uptake and/or adsorption monitored through laboratory equipment. For example, the present invention provides a method of quantifying one or more nanoparticles by incubating a nanoparticle solution comprising one or more nanoparticles with one or more cells; isolating the one or more cells; lysing the one or more cells to release a cell lysate; separating the cell lysate electrophoretically on a gel; digitizing the gel to form a gel image; quantifying the nanoparticle intensity in the gel image; and correlating the nanoparticle intensity to a cell-associated nanoparticle concentration.
US08632668B2	Deterioration signal generation device for oxygen sensor A deterioration signal generation device for an oxygen sensor having a power supply different than a power supply connected to an external device, including a connection unit for electrically connecting the ground lines of the respective power supplies; a first acquisition unit for electrically connecting to a first output line at a reference potential side and to a second output line at a sensor potential side of the oxygen sensor, to obtain first and second potentials, respectively; an operation unit that calculates a first differential value between the first and second potentials; a processing unit that performs an operation on the first differential value; a second acquisition unit that acquires a third potential of a first input line at a reference potential side of the external device; and an output unit that generates the deterioration signal by superposing the second differential value on the third potential.
US08632659B2	Paper sizing composition A stable paper sizing composition comprising a dispersion of ketene dimer and a pH adjusted vinylamine containing polymer is disclosed. The method of preparing the stable sizing composition and the method of using the stable sizing composition is also disclosed.
US08632657B2	Method for treating liquid flows at a chemical pulp mill A method for treating liquid flows at a chemical pulp mill including at least an alkaline cooking process for producing pulp, treatment of brown stock generated in the cooking, a bleaching plant using ECF-bleaching, in which chloride-containing effluents are formed, an effluent purification plant for treating bleaching plant effluents and other effluents generated at the mill. At least a portion of the effluents is returned after the purification to the pulp production line as source of process water. More than one treatment line is arranged at the effluent purification plant for the mill effluents and effluents with different chemical compositions are purified in separate treatment lines so that the quality and amount of purified water from each treatment line is suitable for use in a stage or stages of the production process, whereto purified effluent is returned.
US08632655B2	Method in connection with the washing of pulp at a chemical pulp mill A method in connection with washing of pulp at a chemical pulp mill including at least an alkaline cooking process utilizing cooking liquor for producing pulp, brown stock treatment with essentially closed liquid cycles, in which the last washing device is a washing device based on pressing of pulp, a press or a washing press, a pulp bleaching plant using ECF-bleaching, wherein chloride-containing effluents are formed, a chemical recovery plant and effluent purification. The liquid flows generated at a chemical pulp mill are efficiently circulated without disturbing the main process and minimizing the emissions from the mill. Purified effluent in the amount of at least 1 m3/adt pulp is introduced into the dilution after the press or washing press, whereby the effluent is passed from the dilution into the first process stage of the bleaching.
US08632643B2	Alternative to tetrazene Embodiments of materials suitable for use as a replacement for Tetrazene and methods of preparing such materials are described. In one embodiment, the material comprises MTX-1, as well as simple salts or complexes derived therefrom. The methods of preparing such materials include combining Tetrazene and an acid to form a suspension, where the acid is nitric acid, sulfuric acid, perchloric acid, or hydrochloric acid. A nitrite salt may be added to the suspension, where the nitrite salt is sodium nitrite, lithium nitrite, potassium nitrite, an aqueous solution of sodium nitrite, an aqueous solution of lithium nitrite, or an aqueous solution of potassium nitrite. In some embodiments, the suspension is stirred until the suspension has a white appearance.
US08632635B2	Vapor deposition apparatus and vapor deposition method A vapor deposition apparatus includes a linear head including a plurality of nozzles, and an angle controller controlling an inclined angle of the linear head. The angle of inclination of the linear head can be varied so as to position different portions of the linear head at different distances from the surface of a substrate.
US08632634B2	Coating apparatus and coating method In a coating apparatus, a distributor plate 104 is disposed upstream of a silicon wafer 101 relative to the direction of flow of reactive gas. The distributor plate 104 has therein first through-holes 104a and second through-holes 104b arranged so as not to meet the first through-holes 104a. The reactive gas passes through the first through-holes 104a and flows down toward the silicon wafer 101. Further, a cooling gas passes through the second through-holes 104b.
US08632628B2	Solutions and methods for metal deposition One aspect of the present invention is a deposition solution to deposit metals and metal alloys such as for fabrication of electronic devices. According to one embodiment, the deposition solution comprises metal ions and a pH adjustor. The pH adjustor comprises a functional group having a general formula (R1R2N)(R3R4N)C═N—R5 where: N is nitrogen; C is carbon; and R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl group, aryl group, or alkylaryl group. Another aspect of the presented invention is a method of preparing deposition solutions. Still another aspect of the present invention is a method of fabricating electronic devices.
US08632626B2	System and method for processing flue gas A system and System for removing CO2 from an input gas stream. The system comprises a carboniser segment configured such that a solid sorbent reacts therein with the input gas stream to remove CO2 from the input gas stream; a calciner segment configured such that the solid sorbent from the carboniser segment reacts therein to release the CO2 into a substantially pure gas stream; a heat exchanger unit for exchanging heat between the carboniser and calciner segments; a first conditioning unit for controlling a CO2 partial pressure in the carboniser segment; and a second conditioning unit for controlling a CO2 partial pressure in the calciner segment; wherein the first and second conditioning units are configured such that a difference between the CO2 partial pressures in the carboniser and calciner segments respectively is controlled such that heat is provided from the carboniser to the calciner through the heat exchanging unit.
US08632625B2	Method and apparatus for liberating gases from drilling fluid A gas trap includes a sample enclosure, a bubbler enclosure, an agitator, and a brushless, DC motor. The sample enclosure has a liquid inlet, a gas sample outlet, and a sample enclosure wall with a sample enclosure wall portion and a shared wall portion. The bubbler enclosure has a bubbler air inlet, a bubbler air outlet, and a bubbler enclosure wall with a bubbler enclosure wall portion and the shared wall portion. The sample and bubbler enclosures are fluidly coupled through the shared wall portion so that sufficiently pressurized bubbler air entering through the bubbler air inlet maintains the drilling fluid in the sample enclosure at a level determined by the location of the bubbler air outlet when the liquid inlet and the bubbler air outlet are both submerged in the drilling fluid.
US08632622B2	Process and device for producing pig iron or liquid steel precursors A process for producing pig iron or liquid primary steel products in a smelting unit (1), in particular a melter gasifier. Iron-ore-containing charge materials, and possibly additions, are at least partially reduced in at least one reduction unit (R1, R2, R3, R4) by means of a reducing gas. A first fraction of the at least partially reduced charge materials is melted down in the smelting unit (1), while carbon carriers and oxygen-containing gas are supplied, with the simultaneous formation of the reducing gas. The reducing gas is fed to the reduction unit (R1, R2, R3, R4) and, after the reducing gas has passed through the reduction unit, it is drawn off as top gas. A second fraction of the at least partially reduced charge materials is fed to a smelting reduction unit for reducing and smelting.
US08632620B2	Holding sealing material, exhaust gas purifying apparatus, and method for manufacturing exhaust gas purifying apparatus A holding sealing material includes inorganic fibers, a mat shape, a first and a second end faces, a contact section and a void-forming section. The first end face and the second end face are approximately parallel in a width direction. The contact section includes a first distance between the first and the second end faces. The first distance is longest in a length direction. The void-forming section includes a second distance between the first and the second end faces. The second distance is shorter than the first distance. The holding sealing material has a structure to provide a void in a vicinity of the first and the second end faces of the void-forming section in a state where the holding sealing material is rolled up so that the first end face is made in contact with the second end face of the contact section.
US08632619B2	Filter element, in particular for filtering exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine A filter element, in particular for filtering exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, includes mutually parallel flow channels, at least two filter segments being provided which each have a subset of flow channels, the filter segments having a spacing from one another and being interconnected via connecting device(s) arranged integrally with the filter segments.
US08632616B2	Fiber bed assembly for a fiber bed mist eliminator A fiber assembly for a forward-flow fiber bed mist eliminator used to remove aerosols from a moving gas stream. The assembly incorporates an improved drainage system for draining aerosols from the fiber bed without the need for a conventional seal-leg.
US08632610B2	Shading composition The present invention provides a laundry treatment composition comprising a cationic azine dye.
US08632609B2	Bleaching composition The present invention relates to bleaching composition for keratin fibers, especially human hair, comprising at least one compound with bleaching and/or highlighting effect and a lipidic compound.
US08632607B2	Strapless prosthetic arm Permanent magnets or electromagnets or a combination of such magnets are provided to retain a prosthetic device on an extremity or limb, such as an amputated arm. The prosthesis utilizes the opposing forces, which are developed by virtue of like magnetic poles being in proximity to each other, to urge the prosthesis to remain attached to the extremity. The prosthesis is prevented from rotation by virtue of a centering force that is provided by an attachment magnet in the prosthesis being placed between two implanted magnets. A removable mounting ring is placed over the prosthesis to maintain it on the extremity.
US08632590B2	Apparatus and methods for the treatment of the intervertebral disc Apparatus and methods for treating or repairing an intervertebral disc are disclosed. The apparatus and methods may be used to treat or repair a tear, rent, incision or delamination of the annulus fibrosus of an intervertebral disc. The apparatus and methods can employ anchor deployment apparatus, fixation apparatus and patches positioned in or on aspects of an intervertebral disc for treatment or repair of the intervertebral disc or its components.
US08632588B2	Mitral valve cerclarge annuloplasty appratus and method thereof A mitral cerclage annuloplasty apparatus comprises a tissue protective device and a cap device having a cerclage suture disposed within a first protective tube and a second protective tube, the proximal portions of the two tubes being attached side-by-side longitudinally to define a stem portion, the distal portions of the two tubes being separated thereafter, and a cap device that covers the stem portion wherein the stem portion and the cap device interlock, so that once the cerclage suture is knotted on the outer surface of the cap device, cap device can be pulled outwardly to enhance and maintain tension applied to the mitral annulus thus successfully treating the mitral regurgitation.
US08632583B2	Implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features and methods of making the same An implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features, generally comprises: a structural member including a leading edge and a trailing edge interconnected by a third surface region, the leading edge including a second surface region in a generally curvilinear cross-section, and the trailing edge including a fourth surface region in a generally curvilinear cross-section, whereby blood flow over the second surface region generate shear stress at the second surface region without an eddy region in the second surface region.
US08632582B2	Removable and/or retrievable stents and kits Stents, kits and methods of using the stents are described herein. The stents may include one or more features that assist in removal and/or retrieval of the stent after deployment.
US08632580B2	Flexible medical devices including metallic films Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The medical device can include a stent body and a cover including a deposited metallic film. The medical device can be delivered using a delivery device along a tortuous body passage to a treatment site without damaging the medical device, delivery device, or the body passage. In some cases, the stent body is a flexible helical stent body, which may be threaded through one or more fenestrations of the cover. The cover may include longitudinally extending slits or seams, which help the cover to pass through small radii passages without buckling.
US08632579B2	Bifurcated stent and delivery system Systems for delivering a bifurcated stent to a bifurcation site include catheters and/or bifurcated systems delivered therefrom. A catheter includes a balloon with a bulge region that allows a portion of the stent to be expanded.
US08632577B1	Hybrid optical-electrical probes for stimulation of nerve or other animal tissue An optical-signal vestibular-nerve stimulation device and method that provides different nerve stimulation signals to a plurality of different vestibular nerves, including at least some of the three semicircular canal nerves and the two otolith organ nerves. In some embodiments, balance conditions of the person are sensed by the implanted device, and based on the sensed balance conditions, varying infrared (IR) nerve-stimulation signals are sent to a plurality of the different vestibular nerves.
US08632573B2	Bone fixation system Device for fixing bone. In some embodiments, the device may comprise a plate member and a pair of hooks members. The plate member may have a pair of opposing edges arranged opposite each other. The pair of hook members each may project from a position adjacent the same edge of the plate member, to form a space to receive a same bone between the plate member and each of the hook members. Both hook members may be configured to contact a same side of the same bone. The plate member and a hook member may define first and second aligned apertures. The device also may comprise a fastener configured to extend from the first aperture, through the bone, and into locked engagement with the second aperture.
US08632570B2	Stabilization device for bones comprising a spring element and manufacturing method for said spring element An elastic or flexible element for use in a stabilization device for bones or vertebrae is provided. The elastic or flexible element is provided in the form of an essentially cylindrical body with a first end and a second end opposite thereto, wherein at least one of the opposite ends of the cylindrical body comprises a coaxial bore hole with an internal thread for connecting to a shaft and/or a head of a bone screw or for connecting to a rod section. The present invention further provides a bone anchoring element, e.g. a bone screw, with a shaft for the anchoring in a bone, whereby the shaft comprises an elastic or flexible section which is formed integrally with the shaft or as a separate elastic or flexible element. It is preferable for the elastic section to be implemented in the form of a helical spring. Moreover, the present invention provides a stabilization device for bones, for instance for vertebrae, said device comprising at least one bone anchoring element according to the invention, a second bone anchoring element and a rod or plate connecting the bone anchoring elements.
US08632568B2	Suture anchor having a suture engaging structure and inserter arrangement A suture anchor and inserter arrangement, including a suture anchor for implanting in hard tissue, such as bone, and an inserter device for installing the suture anchor in hard tissue. The suture anchor carries thereon a suture-engaging structure formed from suture, which structure cooperates with working suture associated with the inserter device so as to attach the working suture to the suture anchor.
US08632564B2	Apparatus, system, and method for performing an electrosurgical procedure An electrosurgical forceps adapted to connect to an electrosurgical energy source is provided. The electrosurgical forceps includes a housing having a shaft that extends therefrom that defines a longitudinal axis therethrough. The electrosurgical forceps includes an end effector assembly operatively connected to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the jaw members being partially manufactured from a shape memory alloy (SMA). Each of the first and second jaw members adapted to connect to a heat source and an electrical electrosurgical energy source. One or both of the jaw members is movable relative to the other from a normally open spaced configuration to a closed configuration upon transition of the SMA from a martensite phase to an austenite phase as a result of selectively supplying heat from the heat source thereto.
US08632558B2	Systems and methods for removal of intravascular leads Systems and methods for extraction of implanted articles are disclosed. According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided a system for extraction of an implanted article that includes an elongated member, guide member disposed at a distal section of the elongated member and having a pathway in substantially parallel relationship to the elongated member, through which pathway an implanted article can be accommodated, and a cutting mechanism, situated between the distal section of the elongated member and the guide member, for severing a fibrous adhesion about the implanted article to allow the implanted article to be extracted.
US08632557B2	Rotational atherectomy device and method to improve abrading efficiency The invention provides a rotational atherectomy system, device and method having, in various embodiments, a flexible, elongated, rotatable drive shaft with at least one eccentric abrading head attached thereto, wherein the abrading head comprises at least one groove thereon. The eccentric grooved abrading comprises a tissue removing surface—typically an abrasive surface and/or at least one groove. Preferably the eccentric enlarged abrading head has a center of mass spaced radially from the rotational axis of the drive shaft, facilitating the ability of the device to open the stenotic lesion to a diameter substantially larger than the outer diameter of the enlarged abrading head when operated at high speeds. The groove(s) provide improved efficacy in the abrasion of non-calcified and/or soft tissue as well as provide a means for breaking the hydraulic wedge between the abrading head and the stenotic tissue.
US08632539B2	Vessel sealer and divider A bipolar endoscopic forceps including an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof and a blade guide operatively disposed between the jaw members. The jaw members are movable relative to one another about a pivot from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in a spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. Each jaw member includes an electrically conductive sealing surface. The blade guide is configured to facilitate translation of a knife through a knife channel defined in the jaw members. The blade guide has an aperture defined therethrough for housing the pivot.
US08632534B2	Irreversible electroporation (IRE) for congestive obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) A method for treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or chronic bronchitis to alleviate the discomforts of breathing by using non-thermal electroporation energy to ablate diseased portions of the lung including the bronchus, airways and alveoli which, in effect, opens the restrictive diseased portions thereby maximizing the overall surface area thereof causing improved airflow and uninhibited breathing.
US08632533B2	Fluid-assisted electrosurgical device The invention provides an electrosurgical device and methods of use thereof. The device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and at least one fluid outlet. In one embodiment, the first electrode has a distal portion with an electrically conductive spherical surface, the second electrode has a distal portion with an electrically conductive spherical surface, and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode have a blade portion.
US08632526B2	System and method of interfacing a surgical laser with an eye A system for interfacing a surgical laser with an eye includes a first sensing element to couple to an output surface of the laser, an interface lens having second sensing element coupled to a first surface of the interface lens, and a detector coupled to the first sensing element. A second surface of the interface lens contacts the eye. The detector determines when the first sensing element contacts the second sensing element. A method for aligning the laser with the eye includes coupling the laser to the patient interface, sensing an electrical change indicating a position of the output surface with the interface lens, comparing the electrical change with a predetermined value to produce a correction, and re-positioning the laser with the correction.
US08632525B2	Power control arrangements for surgical instruments and batteries Various embodiments are directed to battery unit for use with surgical instruments. The battery units may comprise a plurality of cells and include a translatable discharge drain. When attached to the surgical instrument, the discharge drain may electrically connect an anode of the battery unit to a cathode of the battery unit, for example, via a resistive element in order to drain the battery unit.
US08632522B2	Catheter with directed flow design A catheter includes an elongated catheter body having a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first longitudinally accessible lumen and a second lumen extend side by side within and along the proximal portion, and the first lumen and the second lumen form a single common lumen within the distal portion which extends to a distal end of the distal portion. The first lumen and second lumen are co-axial within the distal portion prior to forming a single common lumen.
US08632518B2	Absorbent articles and method for manufacturing same An absorbent product comprises a seal along one or more edges. The seal may be formed using a cohesive or selective adhesive. The seal prevents contamination of the wearer-facing surface of an individual absorbent product without requiring an overwrap or other individual unit packaging. The absorbent product may also comprise one or more removable trim regions for sealing and shaping the absorbent product.
US08632511B2	Multiple thermal sensors in a multiple processor environment for temperature control in a drug delivery device In various embodiments, an ophthalmic injection device may include a dispensing chamber, a first thermal sensor coupled to the dispensing chamber, a temperature control layer coupled to the dispensing chamber, a second thermal sensor coupled to the dispensing chamber, and a first processing device. The first processing device may be configured to receive temperature information from the first thermal sensor and the second thermal sensor and control the temperature control layer using the received temperature information. In some embodiments, the first processing device may receive temperature information directly from the second thermal sensor (e.g., in analog form) and may compare the temperature information from the first thermal sensor (e.g., received from the second processing device in digital form) and the second thermal sensor to detect temperature offsets between the two sensors.
US08632508B2	Mechanism for injection device A pressurized injection device comprises a mechanical loading mechanism comprising a double set of rackets (17,18) and ball bearings/pins running in a curved track (20) which enables a resilient element (7) to be pre-stressed by—twisting the two outer house parts of the device relative to each other back and forth. When twisted in one direction one set of rackets (17) engages the teeth of the piston rod (9) connected to the resilient element and when twisted in the opposite direction, the other set of rackets (18) engages same piston rod. The resilient element is set off to engage a plunger of a container holding a drug to be injected by pressing the release button (1), which can be secured by a safety switch.
US08632505B2	Syringe accessory device The invention provides a syringe accessory device for adjustment of a predefined partial syringe dosage comprises a recess (10) for receiving a syringe body (14). Additionally, within a single portion (12) a slot (16) is located. Within the slot (16) a syringe flange (18) or finger grip can be held. To obtain a predefined dosage of liquid within the chamber of the syringe body (14), a plunger (26) is pressed in the chamber (14) in the direction of the arrow (38) until the plunger head (44) contacts a stopping means (24) whereby the stopping means is performed by a stopping surface (24) of the single portion (12). The invention further provides a kit comprising said syringe accessory device and its use for adjusting defined liquid dosages in syringes.
US08632500B2	Catheter needle tip shielding device The present invention discloses a catheter instrument 1000 comprising a needle tip shielding device 100, a catheter hub 200 and a needle unit 300, wherein the needle unit 300 is provided with connecting means 301 for connection to the catheter hub 200, and with connecting means 302 for connection to an external device. The needle tip shielding device 100 is comprising a body with a rear side 106, a front side 107, an outer surface 108 connecting the rear side 106 and the front side 107, a hole 102 extending from the rear side 106 to the front side 107, and a resilient arm 103 extending at an attachment point 105 from the front side 107 of the body; wherein the resilient arm 103 has a resting stale from which it may be forced to yield free passage through the hole 102 in an axial direction of the body, the resilient arm 103 being adapted for clamping a needle tip 304 of a hollow needle 303 extending through the hole 102 in a direction from the rear side 106 to the front side 107, when being in the resting state.
US08632498B2	Tissue transfer systems Devices and methods for tissue transfer are described where a cannula may be inserted into the breast of a subject at one of several points of entry. Insertion of the cannula into the breast may be accomplished by using a guidance system to distinguish between tissue types. Once desirably positioned, the cannula may be withdrawn from the breast while automatically (or manually) injecting the fat in multiple deposits of adipose tissue or fat such that the deposited fat remains within the tract formed by the withdrawn cannula. Multiple tracts of the deposited fat may be injected within the breast until the breast has been desirably remodeled and/or augmented.
US08632493B2	Retractable syringe A syringe including a barrel for containing a fluid, a needle associated with the barrel and in fluid communication therewith, a first plunger adapted to be contained at least partially within the barrel and movable relative thereto, a second plunger located at least partially externally to the barrel and movable relative thereto wherein the first plunger is releasably engaged with the second plunger, and wherein depression of the second plunger moves the first plunger to expel fluid contained within the barrel, and further depression of the second plunger frees the first plunger for movement relative to the second plunger from a use condition to a storage condition in which the needle is wholly contained within the barrel.
US08632488B2	Fluid filled implants for treating medical conditions An implant for treating medical disorders includes a first chamber having a flexible outer layer that surrounds a flexible inner layer, a second chamber in communication with the first chamber, and a fluid transfer assembly adapted for transferring fluid between the second chamber and the first chamber for selectively modifying the rigidity of the first chamber. The implant includes at least one restraining element in contact with the flexible outer and inner layers for at least partially restricting volume expansion of the first chamber as the fluid is transferred into the first chamber. The first chamber is adapted to become more rigid as the fluid is transferred into the first chamber and more flexible as the fluid is removed from the first chamber. The first chamber is implantable within the soft tissue of a patient such as a tongue, soft palate, pharyngeal wall, urinary tract, rectum, trachea, or stomach.
US08632485B2	Patient treatment and monitoring systems and methods The invention provides apparatus and methods for home or other remote delivery of health care that gather subjective and objective measures of patient health and treatment, analyzing them (e.g., correlating them with one another and/or with norms) and reporting them to aid in on-going patient diagnosis and treatment (both on acute and chronic bases), as well as to aid physicians, nurses and other caregivers in decision support, monitoring treatment compliance, facilitating regulatory compliance, billing, and so forth. Thus, for example, in some aspects a health care delivery device comprising a medical treatment apparatus, such as a home hemodialysis or home peritoneal dialysis unit, that is coupled to a processor. The processor generates patient queries in connection with treatments rendered by the dialysis equipment (or other treatment apparatus). The queries are directed, at least in part, to subjective topics, such as the state of the patient's mental health and well being, quality of life, degrees of pain, views on success of therapy, and so forth. They are presented on an LCD screen or other output device coupled to the processor to elicit responses on a keyboard or other input device, also coupled to the processor.
US08632476B2	Filter for fine needle biopsy A biopsy needle comprises a first lumen open to a tissue penetrating distal tip of the needle for receiving a tissue sample therein and a second lumen in combination with a filter separating the first and second lumens from one another, the filter being configured to permit fluids to pass therethrough while preventing the sampled tissue from passing therethrough.
US08632475B2	Non-invasive, bedside intra-cranial pressure and brain shift/herniation monitoring unit utilizing early onset auditory evoked responses An intracranial pressure monitoring system and method. The system includes an auditory stimulation and recording unit, which includes a stimulation controller, a memory for storing waveforms, a device for comparing received waveforms with stored waveforms, and an alarm operable based upon that comparison. The system includes at least one cranial electrode attachable to a patient, and an auditory stimulation device, operable by the stimulation controller. The stimulation device is a pair of acoustic ear inserts, each of which is connected to and operated by an auditory stimulator activated by the stimulation controller. In the method, a patient is auditorially stimulated to evoke a received waveform indicative of intracranial pressure, a comparison is generated by comparing the received waveform with one of an established patient baseline waveform and an established normal waveform, and an alarm is generated responsive to that comparison.
US08632472B2	Method and apparatus for detection of venous pulsation Methods and systems for detecting venous pulsation are provided. In one embodiment, a metric of the pulse shape of one or more plethysmographic signals is derived and the presence of venous pulsation is detected based on the metric of pulse shape. Examples, of metrics of pulse shape include a skew metric and a ratio of a minima-to-maxima time over a pulse period interval. In an exemplary embodiment, the presence of venous pulsation is detected based on a metric of the pulse shape of one or more plethysmographic signals and on a phase comparison of the plethysmographic signals.
US08632465B1	Physiological signal denoising Physiological signals are denoised. In accordance with an example embodiment, a denoised physiological signal is generated from an input signal including a desired physiological signal and noise. The input signal is decomposed from a first domain into subcomponents in a second domain of higher dimension than the first domain. Target subcomponents of the input signal that are associated with the desired physiological signal are identified, based upon the spatial distribution of the subcomponents. A denoised physiological signal is constructed in the first domain from at least one of the identified target subcomponents.
US08632462B2	Trans-rectum universal ports Various universal ports for installation into a colon are disclosed. Various embodiments include expandable port bodies that may employ selectively deployable tissue-engaging barbs for securing the port in position within the colon. Some embodiments also employ tissue cutting members that may be deployed to sever the colon. Some embodiments also employ a flexible sleeve that may extend from the port out through the anus to provide a passageway for passing surgical instruments and into and out of the rectum and also for removing severed specimens therefrom.
US08632461B2	System, method and apparatus for navigated therapy and diagnosis The invention provides an image-guided medical instrument that utilizes a tracking device to track the location of at least a portion of the instrument on at least one image of a patient's anatomy. The instrument may include a handle having an operating element, an elongated flexible body member connected to the handle, wherein the body member includes a lumen, a transmission element housed within the lumen of the body member, and a treatment apparatus connected to end of the transmission element, wherein actuation of the operating element actuates the treatment apparatus via the transmission element. The body member also includes at least one sensor element that is utilized by the tracking device to determine position information regarding the treatment apparatus that is used to display the location of the treatment apparatus on the at least one image of the patient's anatomy.
US08632459B2	Intra-subject observation system and intra-subject observation method An intra-subject observation system includes a first liquid inserted into a desired organ of a subject; and a second liquid inserted into the organ without being mixed with the first liquid due to a specific gravity lighter than that of the first liquid. The system also includes a capsule medical apparatus inserted into the organ with an intermediate specific gravity between the specific gravity of the first liquid and that of the second liquid to acquire intra-subject information, which is output out of the subject by radio.
US08632455B2	Gastric band with asymmetrical member An apparatus comprises a strap and an inflatable bladder secured to the strap. The apparatus is sized and configured to wrap along a first plane to encompass an anatomical feature such as an esophagus or stomach. The bladder may have a cross-sectional profile that is asymmetric about the first plane, such as a tapered profile or a contoured profile. The wall thickness of the bladder may be substantially uniform or may vary about the perimeter of the bladder. The bladder may include an expansion section that allows the bladder to transition from having a substantially flat cross-sectional configuration in a non-inflated state to having a substantially tapered cross-sectional configuration an inflated state. The expansion section may include folds, pleats, gussets, or the like. The strap may have a cross-sectional profile that is asymmetric about the first plane. Such a strap may include annular ribs of varying sizes.
US08632453B2	Spacer for sling delivery system The invention features systems, methods, and devices relating to delivering a sling to an anatomical site in the body of a patient.
US08632448B1	Proton scattering analysis system Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing interactions or proton beams in tissues. In certain embodiments, charged particles emitted during passage of protons, such as those used for therapeutic and/or imaging purposes, can be detected at relatively large angles. In situations where beam intensity is relatively low, such as in certain imaging applications, characterization of the proton beam with charged particles can provide sufficient statistics for meaningful results while avoiding the beam itself. In situations where beam intensity is relatively high, such as in certain therapeutic applications, characterization of the proton beam with scattered primary protons and secondary protons can provide information such as differences in densities encountered by the beam as it traverses the tissue and dose deposited along the beam path. In certain situations, such beam characterizations can facilitate more accurate planning and monitoring of proton-based therapy.
US08632446B2	Collapsible exercise chair An exercise chair of the type wherein a user can sit on a seating platform and extend and retract his legs while his feet are resting on a spring-resisted foot rod includes a structure which permits the chairs to be stacked in nested relationship or a structure using foldable support legs for a seating platform allowing the seating platform to be folded into close relationship with a base frame for storage purposes.
US08632445B2	Multi-purpose exercise apparatus The present invention relates to a multipurpose exercise apparatus. More specifically, the multipurpose exercise apparatus is configured so that various kinds of exercise can be done by turning a crescent-shaped main body up and down according to the kind of exercise desire by a user, and by stepping on the main body to mount thereon or sitting down thereon, thereby allowing exercise to be enjoyed regardless of place or time and to even be enjoyed outdoors in addition to indoors and the efficiency of exercise can be maximized even with simple exercise movements. The present invention is characterized in that it has a plate shape, and it comprises a main body (100), wherein a convex surface (10) is formed at the upper part, a concave surface (20) is formed at the lower part, a handle groove (12) is provided at both the terminal parts descending along the curvature of the convex surface (10), and a supporting protrusion (22) is integrally projected at the lower part of the handle groove (12) so as to allow the main body to be separated by a certain distance from the ground; and a handle (200) which is installed on one side of the upper convex surface (10) of the main body (100) and can be attached thereto or detached therefrom.
US08632443B2	Therapeutic-exercise pillow and methods of use A therapeutic-exercise pillow is disclosed that facilitates exercises to be performed for general health and fitness, particularly in embodiments that incorporate resistance bands for the user's arms and legs, in order to strengthen and tone the body of side lay, supine, and prone positions. In many embodiments, the overall shape of the therapeutic-exercise pillow resembles a teardrop that is flattened on one side (the side that is intended to rest on the floor), and has strategic internal foam/padding layering and placement to help support the lower abdominal regions of persons with physiological and/or medial limitations that otherwise preclude exercising such regions. In some embodiments, a plurality of adjustable exercise-resistance members for arms and/or legs are removably attached to the therapeutic-exercise pillow.
US08632440B2	Proprioception training and exercise device An exercise apparatus includes a substantially flat, rigid platform for supporting a person's weight. A first inflatable tubular support includes a fastener for clamping the platform to a top surface of the first tubular support. A second inflatable tubular support includes a fastener for fastening a top surface of the second inflatable tubular support to a bottom surface of the first inflatable tubular support. The first inflatable tubular support is inflatable to a first inflation pressure and the second inflatable tubular support is inflatable to a second inflation pressure separately and independently from the first inflation pressure to effect a vertical instability and a horizontal instability of the rigid platform relative to a support surface under the second tubular support.
US08632432B2	Flat-belt-like supporting and drive means with tensile carriers A supporting and drive belt including a belt body or sheathing which encloses tensile carriers. The running surface of the belt can be flat and parallel to the belt back or have trapezium-shaped or semicircular ribs and grooves, wherein the profile of a drive pulley or of a deflecting pulley is approximately complementary to the running surface of the belt. One or more tensile carriers are provided for each rib, wherein the tensile carriers are laid or stranded alternately in the “Z” direction and the “S” direction.
US08632431B2	Drive wheel of an auxiliary unit belt drive of an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a drive wheel (1) of an auxiliary unit belt drive of an internal combustion engine, having a running casing (2) which is operatively connected to a traction mechanism, having a hub (3) which is rotationally fixedly connected to the drive axle of an auxiliary unit, and having a damping device (4), which is arranged so as to act between the running casing (2) and the hub (3), for reducing rotary oscillations, with the damping device (4) comprising a spring store (5) which is arranged so as to act between the running casing (2) and the hub (3). In order that the running casing can be produced more economically, the invention provides that the running casing (2) is composed of a running part (6), a driver part (7) and a spring receptacle (8), with the running part (6) being rotationally fixedly and permanently connected to the driver part (7), and wherein the driver part (7) can be or is connected in a form-fitting manner to the spring receptacle (8).
US08632414B1	Feedback-based golf swing training aid A golf swing training and aid device that provides feedback to the user that allows correction of golf swing flaws. The device comprises a neck collar attached to an elastic feedback means, such as a bungee cord. The feedback means attaches to a gold club through the vent hole of the golf club grip. When a user keeps constant tension on the feedback means throughout the swing, the device promotes or encourages: a more comfortable and effective grip; a stance and posture more conducive to produce good golf shots and to preserve balance; a wider and stronger shoulder turn; a parallel position of the club relative to the shoulders at the top of the backswing; a more efficient position of the club at the start of the downswing; a stronger impact; a vertical follow through; and a balanced swing finish.
US08632413B2	Torsional vibration damper A torsional vibration damper (1) having a damping element disposed between a first element (4) and a second element (5), in which the first element and the second element can rotate relative to each other, with or without a coupling part (3) that is located in a housing (2) and is axially displaceable along an axis (A) between the first and second elements, in which, if a coupling part is present, a) the coupling part is displaceable along the axis (A) against the spring force of at least one spring element (6, 7) and/or b) the coupling part is displaceable along the axis (A) against a medium which acts on both sides of the coupling part, with the medium located in internal or external partial spaces. Alternatively, in a damping element not having a coupling part, c) resilient elements are integrated in third coupling elements, and the coupling elements are connected to the first and second elements.
US08632411B1	Exchanging virtual rewards for computing resources Systems and methods for exchanging virtual rewards for computing resources are provided herein. Exemplary methods may include receiving access to a portion of computing resources of an end user computing system and providing a virtual reward within a networked gaming environment to an end user in exchange for utilizing an amount of the portion of the computing resources of the end user computing system.
US08632409B2	Method and apparatus for online rendering of game files A method and apparatus for automatically rendering a game file to an audio/video file format to allow the action recorded in the game file to be viewed without requiring the corresponding game and game system.
US08632408B2	Entertainment device and method An entertainment device operable to connect to a first on-line virtual environment comprises a group membership selector operable to select members of a group of entertainment devices connected to a first on-line virtual environment comprising a plurality of connected entertainment devices, a server evaluator operable to evaluate a plurality of servers of a second on-line virtual environment according to one or more criteria while the entertainment device is connected to the first on-line virtual environment, a server selector operable to select at least a first server of the second on-line virtual environment based upon the evaluation while the entertainment device is connected to the first on-line virtual environment, and a storage arrangement operable to cause the storage of server selection data defining the selected server.
US08632385B2	Gaming system with increasing odds of winning A system and method for operating gaming systems, such as casino gaming systems and methods, is provided with increasing or improving odds of winning. A display device displays a play area or game board having a plurality of interactive regions some of which are winning regions with others being losing regions. A player may select a region for wagering a fixed wager amount. When the player selects a winning region, the player may elect to take the payout or play at least one additional round of play with the payout. The probability of winning in each additional round of play is increased while increasing the payout by the fixed wager amount. When a losing region is selected, the payout accumulated from the rounds of play is lost. The game mechanic provides for long sequences of wins, or winning streaks, to attract players while reducing variance caused by large jackpot payouts.
US08632380B2	Method and apparatus for removing a sleeve of meat from an animal part having bone with knuckles on each of its opposite ends A method of removing a sleeve of meat (D) from an animal part having a bone with a first knuckle (B) on one of two opposite ends of an elongate bone shaft (A) and a second knuckle (C) on another of the two opposite ends. The method includes the steps of engaging the bone of the animal part with a part of a meat stripper (13) between its first knuckle (B) and the sleeve of meat (D) and engaging the bone by a knuckle gripper (71) between the part of the meat stripper (13) and the first knuckle (B). The method continues with moving the meat stripper (13) and the knuckle gripper (71) away from one another, while stripping and gathering the sleeve of meat (D) towards the second knuckle (C). In a subsequent step the method discontinues moving away the meat stripper (13) and knuckle gripper (71) from one another upon the part of the meat stripper (13) engaging the second knuckle (C).
US08632371B1	Kayak paddle The kayak paddle is a transformative device capable of becoming an oar or a paddleboard paddle. The kayak paddle includes a first paddle blade that includes a notched end on a distal end, which is characterized for use in pushing off of a stationary object. The first paddle blade also includes a pull notch that is oriented opposable of the notched end, and is suited for pulling action with respect to a stationary object. An extension shaft and a second shaft member are included in order to transform the kayak paddle to a paddleboard paddle. A second paddle blade is provided on the second shaft member and features a finger grip opening that enables an end user to articulate the device as a paddleboard paddle.
US08632370B2	Amphibious vehicle An amphibious vehicle includes: a hull (1) having a longitudinal axis; an aquatic propulsion element; a terrestrial propulsion element (5a, 5b) mounted on arms (4a, 4b) pivoting about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hull, and capable of assuming a stowed position when the vehicle moves over water using the aquatic propulsion element, and an extended position in which the vehicle can move on the ground using the terrestrial propulsion element. In the stowed position, the arms (4a, 4b) extend into cavities (3a, 3b) formed in the hull (1), and a portion of the arms (4a, 4b) defines a lid that at least partially closes the cavity (3a, 3b) in the longitudinal direction of the hull bottom (2).
US08632367B2	Communications connector with a short conductive path to compensation A communication jack is provided with plug interface contacts that have inner and outer contact members. A flexible printed circuit board is connected and supported between the inner and outer members. This results in a short conductive signal pathway between a plug-jack interface and crosstalk compensation provided on the flexible printed circuit board. The plug interface contacts of the jack are specially designed to provide good normal force to plug contacts of a plug inserted into the jack, as well as to securely hold the flexible printed circuit. Standard plug interface contacts may be utilized in combination with a flexible printed circuit board that is connected by welding or soldering to the plug interface contacts.
US08632365B2	Electrical card-edge connector A card-edge connector has a housing that includes a housing body, and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the housing body. The housing is devoid of mounting ears that would extend out from the housing body. Rather, the housing includes opposing mounting guides carried by opposed housing side walls that are configured to receive a complimentary circuit board that the card-edge connector is mounted to.
US08632360B2	Coaxial cable connector having a collapsible portion A coaxial cable connector is configured to connect a coaxial cable to a mating connector. The coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a forward end and a rearward end opposite the forward end, the rearward end configured to receive a coaxial cable; an annular post disposed at least partially within the connector body; and a sleeve configured to be received within the connector body and movable from a first position to a second position relative to the connector body. The sleeve includes a collapsible portion configured to collapse radially inward in an asymmetric fashion toward the post as the collapsible sleeve is moved from the first position to the second position.
US08632351B2	Cable assembly with a floating connector A cable assembly (100) comprises a first connector (1), a second connector (2), a housing shroud (3) positioning the first connector (1) and the second connector (2) and a cable (4) connecting with rear ends of the first and the second connectors (1, 2). The cable assembly (100) further comprises two resilient members (15) abutting against an outside of the first connector, a gap (30) is defined between the housing shroud (3) and the first connector (1) so that the first connector can float under a condition that the resilient member resists the first connector.
US08632350B2	Card connector A slide member includes a side edge holding part, which extends towards the front end edge of the housing, and a front end holding part, which is connected to the front end of the side edge holding part and extends in the transverse direction of the housing. The slide member is able to slide forward and backward along one side edge of the bottom wall part of the housing. The housing contains a mistaken insertion prevention convex part which the front end or rear end of a mistakenly inserted card contacts.
US08632347B2	Safety socket with protective door The invention discloses a safety socket with protective door comprising a socket panel, a reset spring, a protective door, and a protective door casing installed on the socket panel, wherein the socket panel and the protective door casing are provided with jacks, a partition is arranged inside the protective door casing, the protective door is provided with a through cavity and sleeved on the partition, the reset spring is located in the through cavity and between the partition and the protective door, slopes are arranged on the inner walls of the protective door, two bottom inclined walls are arranged on the lower end of the protective door, a fulcrum is formed at the intersection of the two bottom inclined walls, and limiting lug bosses matched with the jacks on the protective door casing are arranged on the left and right lower ends of the protective door, respectively.
US08632333B2	Apparatus and method for handling a container product An apparatus and a method for handling a container product, in particular a container or a preform for producing a container, where the product is provided with an orientation mark and adapted to be rotated to a predetermined rotary angle position relative to a holder by an orienting means. To do so in a structurally simple and reliable manner, the orienting means are arranged at a transfer site between a holder of a first conveying unit and a holder of a second conveying unit, at which the holders move relative to one another in an accompanying movement, and the rotary movement of the product to the predetermined rotary angle position is derived from the relative movement of the holders.
US08632332B2	Vertical concrete form with removable forming panels A construction form system for forming concrete walls for use as above grade walls, foundations, frost walls, exterior envelopes, and the like, is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of pairs of opposing vertical forming panels spaced from each other to define a forming cavity disposed to receive a hardenable material. Each pair of opposing forming panels comprises an inner panel forming part of an inner wall and an outer panel forming part of an outer wall. The system also includes an outer rail positioned between each adjacent pair of outer forming panels and an inner rail positioned between each adjacent pair of inner forming panels. The inner forming panels comprise support panels configured to be selectively addable and removable from between each adjacent pair of inner rails prior to and subsequent to a pouring of the hardenable material into the cavity.
US08632331B2	Stamping apparatus for stamping shading film A stamping apparatus for stamping a shading film includes a stamping head, at least one locking member and a sleeving ring. The sleeving ring defines an axial sleeving hole and includes a stamping portion formed on a distal end thereof and surrounding the axial sleeving hole. The sleeving ring is detachably sleeved on and locked to the stamping head via the at least one locking member. The stamping portion matches with the stamping head for cooperatively stamping the shading film.
US08632324B2	Optimized helix angle rotors for roots-style supercharger A Roots-type blower has first and second meshed, lobed rotors disposed in first and second chambers of a housing. Each lobe has first and second axially facing end surfaces defining a twist angle that is a function, at least partially, of the number of lobes on each rotor, and each lobe further defines a helix angle that is a function of the twist angle and an axial length between the first and second axially facing end surfaces of said lobe. The lobes cooperate with an adjacent surface of the housing to define at least one blowhole that defines a control volume, occurs in a cyclic manner, and moves linearly in a direction toward the outlet port. The blowhole provides communication between adjacent control volumes.
US08632323B2	Internal gear pump rotor, and internal gear pump using the rotor A gear pump rotor is provided including a combination of an inner rotor and an outer rotor whose numbers of teeth are different by one, and the discharge amount of the pump is increased by an increase of the tooth depth. At least one of an addendum curve and a dedendum curve of an inner rotor is formed by a locus of one point on formation circles that satisfy moving conditions that the formation circles move from moving start points to moving end points while changing the distances from an inner rotor center to the centers of the formation circles. The centers of the formation circles move by a distance in the radial direction of a base circle, and the formation circles rotate by an angle at a constant angular velocity in the same directions of the moving directions of the formation circles.
US08632321B2	Fully submerged integrated electric oil pump A submersible electric pump includes a housing adapted to be submerged within a fluid to be pumped having apertures extending therethrough. An electric motor stator is positioned within the housing in communication with the apertures and is adapted to be in contact with the fluid. Inner and outer pump rotors are positioned within the housing in meshed engagement with one another to pump fluid when rotated. A plurality of permanent magnets are fixed for rotation with the outer rotor.
US08632316B2	Air motor having drop tube with knuckle ends An air motor for a pump assembly including a drop tube communicating between an upper chamber port and a top plate port and including a longitudinal axis that is at an angle of between about 0° and 10° with respect to each of the upper chamber longitudinal axis and the top plate port longitudinal axis. The drop tube has a substantially constant internal diameter, a first generally bulbous end, a second generally bulbous end, and first and second slots defined in the respective first and second bulbous ends. First and second seals are positioned in the respective first and second slots, and the first and second seals air-tightly seal an outer surface of the drop tube within the upper chamber port and the top plate port.
US08632312B2	Reinforced blade for wind turbine The invention introduces a reinforcement of a box girder of a wind turbine blade. The reinforcement prevents the transverse shear distortion of the blade structure, when the blade is loaded during operation. The reinforcement connects the corners diagonally opposite inside the girder, and fixes them in relation to each other. The reinforcement increases the blade's resistance to overall collapse. The reinforcement comprises one or more individual element, such as rods or plates.
US08632308B2	Fluid elastomeric damper assembly including internal pumping mechanism and volume compensator Rotary wing system with a rotating blade rotating about a rotation axis. The system includes a fluid damper with a damper fluid for controlling a troublesome motion. The fluid damper has an inboard end and an outboard end, the damper inboard end attached to a first rotary wing system inboard member proximate the rotation axis and the outboard end attached to a second rotary wing system outboard member distal from the rotation axis. The fluid damper contains a damper fluid volume in at least a first working chamber which is worked by a relative motion between said first rotary wing system inboard member and said second rotary wing system outboard member to control the troublesome motion. The damper includes a volume compensator channel in fluid communication with the damper fluid, the volume compensator channel including a centrifugal force mass member movable along a volume compensating length of the volume compensating channel, wherein a rotation about the rotation axis forces the centrifugal force mass member towards an outboard end of the volume compensating channel and pushes damper fluid from the volume compensator channel towards the at least first working chamber.
US08632296B1	Method and apparatus for loading vessels using rotation A method and apparatus for rapid loading stacks of items aboard vessels which can include rotating palletized items to depalletize the items, and then placing the items on a lifting robot, lifting the robot and items into the hold of a vessel, removing the items from the robot using a load push lift truck, and then using the load push lift truck to stow the items in a stowage location. The empty robot can be removed from the hold of the vessel and put in a position to receive a another depalletized stack of cartons. In one option the robot has a plurality of fork channels for receiving the blades of a load push lift truck along with receiving the blades or a rotating lift truck.
US08632293B2	Cart for transport and storage of items A cart for storage of items, such as air passenger luggage, and transport thereof between, e.g., airport sorting apparatus and aircrafts, comprises a chassis and a storage section. The storage section comprises one or more shelves, each of which is inclined with respect to the chassis, to allow items to be moved under the action of gravity between a loading end and an unloading end of the cart. A releasable closure structure is provided at the lower end of the shelf. The closure structure may form a continuation of the shelf when in its non-closing position. The cart is suited for automatic or manual loading and unloading of items.
US08632292B2	Retractable crane built into hybrid trailer load bed A hybrid trailer with a built in retractable hydraulic crane to handle different configurations of platform surface bodies. It will raise the platform surface body vertically away from the chassis frame placing the platform surface body in the desired location. Two telescoping arms extend out to lift and retract into a recessed area in the bed of the trailer for storage. It is operated by remote voice control. A solar collector enables operation in remote locations and use of the crane for external lifting operations.
US08632291B2	Apparatus for positioning tyred wheels on a tyre changer machine An apparatus is provided for positioning a tired wheel 14 onto an upright rotary wheel holder unit 1 of a tire changer machine. A first frame 3 is driven by a first actuator 8 to move the wheel 14 between a lower position and an upper position from which the wheel 14 is brought onto the rotary wheel holder unit 1. A second frame 2 is connected with a second actuator 9 to be driven between a lower position to an end position above the upper position to remove the wheel 14 from the first frame 3, and to support the wheel 14 with the wheel axis 15 in alignment with a rotation axis 16 of the rotary wheel holder unit 1. The second frame 2 is lowered by the action of the second actuator 9 for positioning the tired wheel 14 onto the rotary wheel holder unit 1.
US08632290B2	Automated parking system An automated parking system for a parking structure includes a controller which receives a vehicle loading request from a vehicle customer. A loading bay accepts the vehicle and transfers to the parking system. Equipment is provided for transferring the vehicle horizontally and vertically through the parking system. The vehicle parking system includes a rack structure that is integrated as part of the parking structure.
US08632274B2	Deployment method for ocean bottom seismometers A deployment method and system for ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) includes providing a plurality of circular shaped, wireless, self-contained OBS units. The circular shaped OBS units are loaded into a carrier and transported from a surface vessel to the ocean floor where a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is utilized to individually place the plurality of circular OBS units on the ocean floor. Placement of each OBS unit is accomplished by utilizing suction mechanism attached to a robotic arm. The suction mechanism is defined about an axis and employs a suction cup to individually engage each circular shaped OBS unit so that the suction mechanism is coaxially aligned with the OBS unit, and move the OBS unit from a first location to the ocean floor.
US08632265B2	Shutter device capable of preventing foreign matter from adhering to magnetic sticking surface and camera including shutter device A shutter device capable of preventing foreign matter from adhering to an attracting surface of an armature to a yoke, without providing an additional member. In a state of the shutter device assembled to a camera body, an attracting surface of the armature, provided on a drive lever, to the yoke that magnetically attracts the armature extends perpendicularly to a bottom surface of the camera body and is disposed closer to the bottom of the camera body than is a pivotal axis of the drive lever. The shutter device releases the armature of the drive lever from a state attracted and held by the yoke to thereby allow the drive lever to pivot by the urging force of a drive spring, whereby said shutter blade is driven in the direction of closing an opening formed in a base plate.
US08632264B2	Privacy shutter for cameras A unit which includes a camera includes a movable member which can close an optical input port to the camera to provide a zone of privacy in the vicinity of the unit. The member can be moved manually or remotely by electrical signals, or received wireless signals.
US08632260B2	Strain relief system A bend limiting system (strain relief (200)) that may be retrofit onto a cable connector (142). The bend limiting system includes a latching ring (102) configured to fit over the cable connector's mating face so that the bend limiting system may be placed into position after the connector is connected to another device. The bend limiter (200) includes three sections. These sections include a latching ring (202) in the front, an elongated cable guide (204) in the middle and a cable retainer (206) at the end. The latching ring portion (202) is of a generally circular shape to engage the mating face of a round complementary connector.
US08632259B2	Optical fiber connector An optical fiber connector includes an inner housing and a fixing module sleeved in the inner housing. The fixing module includes a fixing mechanism having a supporting member and a clamping member. The supporting member includes a first fixing portion axially defining a first restricting groove, a first fixing end and a second fixing end at two opposite ends of the first fixing portion, and the clamping member includes a second fixing portion axially defining two sliding grooves on two borders of the second fixing portion. The fixing module further includes a locking member sleeved on the fixing mechanism, a position member fixed at the first fixing end of the fixing mechanism, and an elastic member sleeved on the fixing mechanism with an end of the elastic member resisting with the position member and the other end of the elastic member resisting with the locking member.
US08632256B2	Rocking bearing outer ring, rocking bearing, air disc brake device, and fitting structure of rocking bearing outer ring A rocking bearing outer ring (12) includes an arcuate track member (13) having a track surface on its inner diameter surface, and a flange portion (14) projecting radially inward from each widthwise end portion of the track member (13). In addition, when it is assumed that L1 represents a circumferential length of the track member (13) and L2 represents a circumferential length of the flange portion (14), 0.2≦L2/L1≦8 is satisfied.
US08632250B2	Hybrid lubricating module A hybrid lubricating module includes a housing and an assembly which consists of at least two elements and has an axial hole run through by a shaft. At least one of the elements has one set of multiple notches on one end surface communicating with an axle hole. The housing has a through axial cavity to encase the assembly. An outer wall surface of the assembly and an inner wall surface of the housing are assembled to each other to form at least one storage chamber to store lubricating media. Multiple notches on at least one adjacent element form at least one set of passages communicating with the axial hole and the at least one storage chamber.
US08632249B2	Free ball bearing, support table, carrying equipment, and turntable A free ball bearing includes a retainer ball-pressing ring, the retainer ball-pressing ring including a substantially cylindrical pressing member inserted in an internal space between the semispherical recessed surface and the main ball toward the base end; the retainer ball-pressing ring being moved from a pressing position to a standby position along the unit center axis by the ring moving mechanism; the pressing member restricting or preventing rotation of the plurality of retainer balls by pressing the plurality of retainer balls when the retainer ball-pressing ring is at the pressing position; and the plurality of retainer balls of which the rotation is restrained or prevented by the pressing member being released when the retainer ball-pressing ring is at the standby position.
US08632236B2	LED lighting module and lighting device comprised thereof A lighting module and lighting device are described. Embodiments of the lighting modules comprise light emitting diodes (LEDs), a power supply, and a waveguide that disperses light from the LEDs to illuminate a lighted side of the lighting module. In one embodiment, the lighting module comprises a substrate, on which the LEDs and power supply are mounted. The substrate includes an interface that permits the lighting module to communicate with an adjacent lighting module when positioned in an array that forms an LED lighting device.
US08632235B2	Light curing device The invention relates to a light curing device for dental purposes having a plurality of semiconductor light sources, each light source includes a light-emitting chip, wherein said chips are mounted on a common and chip-cooling substrate. Each chip is surrounded by an individual reflector body connected to the substrate and/or the chip associated therewith, and the reflector bodies of at least two chips are arranged next to one another but are not connected with one another.
US08632234B1	LED and fiber optic ring pathway light Pathway and landscape lights, in particular to devices, apparatus, systems and methods of using ground directed pathway and landscape lights with a single or perimeter spaced apart LED (light emitting diode) light sources on a disc mount, with or without an optical fiber arranged in a ring pattern about a perimeter edge of the mount. A light shade lens can have an upper end attached to the lower face of the disc mount, and a bottom end attached to a ground engaging post, so the light emitted from the mount is directed in a 360 degree outwardly expanding direction expanding outward on the ground surface where the ground engaging post is in the center of the 360 degree expanding illumination. A low voltage power source can be used. Alternatively, the light can be solar powered. The light forms uniform light beam emissions without shadow spots effects.
US08632232B2	Vehicular headlamp having a columnar light guide A vehicle lamp includes, within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and a front cover, a light source, a columnar light guide having an incident portion at the end thereof in the vicinity of the light source, and an annular reflecting portion arranged in the vicinity of the light source side of the incident portion. The columnar light guide guides incident light from the light source, which enters via the incident portion, and irradiates the incident light from a light-emitting portion on a front side. The annular reflecting portion reflects light with a large emission angle, which has not been able to directly enter the incident portion from the light source, toward the incident portion. The light source is arranged on a central axis of the annular reflecting portion.
US08632224B2	Light emitting device and projector A light emitting device includes: a first light emission element which emits a first light; a second light emission element which emits a second light; a first reflection surface which reflects the first light; and a second reflection surface which reflects the second light, wherein the first light emission element and the second light emission element are laminated in a first direction and disposed in such positions that the emission direction of the first light and the emission direction of the second light become parallel with each other and that the first light emission element and the second light emission element do not overlap with each other as viewed in the first direction, and the traveling direction of the first light reflected by the first reflection surface and the traveling direction of the second light reflected by the second reflection surface become parallel with each other.
US08632223B2	Multi-functional illuminator A multi-functional illuminator comprising a directional illuminator and a removably attachable optic. The directional illuminator is typified by a flashlight projecting light forward to illuminate an object in front of the flashlight. The present invention discloses an optic removably attached to the directional illuminator intersecting and redistributing the light emitted by the directional illuminator to provide illumination satisfactory for tasks not achievable with the directional light beam. The optic employs reflection, refracting and/or diffusing optics to efficiently redirect the light. The optic can be designed so that the redirected light is distributed throughout the hemisphere, concentrated about a plane perpendicular to the axis of the directed light beam or to effect any one of a plurality of possible illumination patterns. If the directional illuminator comprises a covert design minimizing its lateral visibility, the optic can change this characteristic making it highly laterally visible.
US08632221B2	LED module and method of bonding thereof The present disclosure provides a method including providing a light-emitting diode (LED) device (e.g., a LED element and PCB) and a heat sink. The LED device is bonded to the heat sink by applying an ultrasonic energy. In an embodiment, the bonding may form a bond comprising copper and aluminum. The PCB may be a metal core PCB (MC-PCB).
US08632209B2	Hybrid source lighting system A lighting fixture system, comprising a first illuminant, a secondary illuminant; and a sensor configured to detect a predetermined condition, the sensor being coupled to the first illuminant and the secondary illuminant, the first illuminant and the secondary illuminant comprising different light sources, the sensor configured to cause modulation of the first illuminant and the secondary illuminant in response to detection of the pre-determined condition.
US08632203B2	Lighting device with removable clip A light producing device, such as a flashlight, may have a clip that is removably attached to a body thereof. The clip may comprise a split ring that substantially encircles the body and has a split therein and may also comprise an elongated portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongated portion may be attached to the split ring substantially opposite the split. The clip may be readily removed from the body, such as to better facilitate hand holding of the light producing device, to facilitate maintenance or repair of the light producing device, and/or for storage/transportation of the light producing device.
US08632197B2	Illumination system and wavelength-transforming device thereof An illumination system includes a wavelength-transforming device, a solid-state light-emitting element and a filter wheel. The wavelength-transforming device comprises a segment and a wavelength-transforming element disposed on the segment. The solid-state light-emitting element emits first color light in first waveband region to the wavelength-transforming device. The filter wheel is disposed on one side of the wavelength-transforming device for filtering lights via rotating. The first color light is excited as second color light in second waveband region by the wavelength-transforming device, so that the second color light is outputted with the rest of the first color light. The first and second color lights are transmitted through the filter wheel, such that three primary color lights are sequentially projected. The present invention achieves the advantages of reducing cost, simplifying fabricating processes, being available for high working temperature, and further improving image quality without using red phosphor agent or red solid-state light-emitting element.
US08632191B2	Projector A projector includes: an electro-optic device which modulates light emitted from a light source; a projection lens which projects the light modulated by the electro-optic device; and a lens shift mechanism which shifts the projection lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the projection lens, wherein the lens shift mechanism includes a shift unit which supports the projection lens and shifts the projection lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, a guide unit which guides the shift of the shift unit, and a drive unit which moves the shift unit, and the drive unit includes a rotation section as a rotated part which has a first bevel gear rotating around a center axis extending in the same direction as that of the optical axis, and a transmission section which has a second bevel gear engaging with the first bevel gear and transmits the rotation of the rotation section to the shift unit.
US08632189B2	Multiple source high performance stereographic projection system Multiple source high performance stereographic projection systems are described. One projection system described comprises a first projection channel, a first light source capable of providing light for the first projection channel, and a second light source capable of providing light for the first projection channel, wherein when the projection system is in a first presentation mode the first and second light sources are on, and wherein when the projection system is in a second presentation mode the first light source is on and the second light source is at a reduced power.
US08632183B2	Effective acuity and refraction targets A viewing target for a visual acuity and refraction measurement includes at least one line comprising a width dimension that is below a resolution limit width (hereinafter “RLW”) of a test subject visual acuity, and an adjustable length dimension that is initially set at greater than the RLW of the test subject visual acuity. A base, at least approximately intersecting the line, has a thickness along the direction of the length of the line that is greater than the RLW of the test subject visual acuity. The length dimension of the line is adjustable in increments small enough to effectively approximate the visual acuity of the test subject by determining a shortest resolvable line and a next smaller line that is not resolvable by the test subject.
US08632178B2	Determining physical lengths in an eye using multiple refractive indices In certain embodiments, determining physical lengths of an eye includes determining an optical length of each segment of a plurality of segments of an axis of the eye, where each segment corresponds to a portion of the eye. A refractive index is determined for each segment. A physical length of each segment is determined according to the optical length and the refractive index of the segment.
US08632172B2	Ink jet printing An ink jet printer includes a print head, a gutter, an ink supply system, and a fluid cartridge. The fluid cartridge includes an inner collapsible container for containing a printing fluid. The container includes an outlet for connection to the printer, an outer housing, an electronic storage device, and at least one electrical contact.
US08632171B2	Ink cartridges and outputting ink from ink cartridges An ink cartridge has a container to contain ink and a valve member. The container has an outlet to output ink contained in the container. The valve member is moveable transverse to the outlet to open and close the outlet and carries a seal to seal the outlet when closed by the valve member.
US08632158B2	Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus is provided. The liquid ejection apparatus includes two line-type heads, each of which includes an ejection surface having a plurality of ejection ports for ejecting liquid to a recording medium; and two covers provided for the two heads, respectively, and each of the covers being movable relative the corresponding head between a protection position where the cover covers the ejection surface of the corresponding head and a retraction position where the cover does not cover the ejection surface of the corresponding head. Each of the heads includes a first side close to a head other than the corresponding head and a second side away from the head other than the corresponding head. The retraction position of each of the covers is located at the second side of the corresponding head.
US08632151B2	Driving device for liquid discharging head, liquid discharging apparatus, and ink jet recording apparatus Present invention provide a driving device of a liquid discharging head, a liquid discharging apparatus, and an ink jet recording apparatus that are capable of realizing a desired dot shape by suppressing the generation of the meniscus without sacrificing the discharge efficiency or the landing accuracy. According to the present invention, in a case where discharging is performed a plurality of times in one recording period, and one pixel is recorded by using a plurality of droplets, by configuring the wave height change time of a rear-end side wave height change part of the final pulse of a plurality of discharge pulses to be equal to or longer than a quarter of the resonant period Tc and configuring the pulse width of the plurality of discharge pulses to be a half of the resonant period Tc.
US08632149B2	Inkjet printhead and method of printing with multiple drop volumes A printhead and a method of ejecting liquid droplets are provided. The method includes providing a printhead operable to eject liquid drops having a plurality of drop volumes Vi, for i equal to 1 through n, where n≧2, with Vj>Vi when j>i. One of the plurality of drop volumes is a minimum drop volume Vmin, and a difference in drop volumes between successively larger drops equals (Vk+1−Vk) which is less than Vmin, for k equal to 1 through n−1. The method also includes ejecting liquid drops through the printhead.
US08632143B2	Sliding supports The present invention relates to sliding supports and particularly sliding supports having two elongate members of channel section and an intermediate member positioned between the elongate members. The invention provides a sliding support with improved manufacturability and load bearing capability by providing an intermediate member of alternative cross-section.
US08632139B2	Electric control device An electronic control device includes: an accommodation element; a cover element; a connection element for fixing the cover element to the accommodation element; an extending protrusion extending and protruding to an outside from a contact portion between the cover element and the accommodation element; and a control element formed in the accommodation space. The extending protrusion includes a protrusion portion, which protrudes toward a bottom side or a cover element side and is formed to cover the contact portion. A clearance having predetermined dimensions is formed between the protrusion portion and one of an outer wall of the cover element and an outer wall of the accommodation element, which is near the contact portion.
US08632137B2	Debris guard A debris guard includes a plurality of fasteners and an outer cover including two or more sections that when assembled form an annular inner wall. Each of the two or more sections includes at least one mounting feature shaped to receive at least one of the plurality of fasteners. An inner guard includes a mounting portion and a seal.
US08632136B2	Brake control system A brake control system displaces a primary piston by controlling an operation of the electric motor by a master pressure control unit according to the operation amount (Xop) of the brake pedal, thereby generating a hydraulic pressure in the master cylinder to supply it to wheel cylinders (Ba to Bd). The master pressure control unit sets a target relative displacement (ΔXT) between an input piston and the primary piston and a target hydraulic pressure (PT) in the master cylinder, and appropriately switch which is used to control a brake force. During regenerative cooperation, the master pressure control unit selects the control with use of the target hydraulic pressure, which enables easy execution of a hydraulic pressure control including a subtraction of the hydraulic pressure corresponding to a brake effect from the regenerative cooperation.
US08632135B2	Wheel with internal spinner and locking mechanism A wheel has a hub, a rim, first and second supports supporting the rim around the hub, and a spinner rotatably mounted around the hub between the first and second supports. A spinner locking mechanism may be used to selectively lock the spinner to prevent rotation of the spinner with respect to the first and second supports, or unlock the spinner to allow rotation of the spinner relative to the first and second supports.
US08632129B2	Adjustable backrest A backrest for supporting the back of a seated person, intended and adapted to form part of an article of seating furniture, such as a wheelchair, has the feature that the backrest consists of two parts, that is: a lower backrest part for supporting the sacral-lumbar part of the back of a seated person, and an upper backrest part for supporting the lumbar-thoracic part of the back of a seated person; both backrest parts can be moved independently of each other relative to the carrier; and a carrier therefor which has three degrees of freedom in a vertical plane, perpendicularly of the main plane of the backrests, relative to the frame tube, i.e. two degrees of freedom of translation corresponding to height and depth, and one degree of freedom of rotation around a horizontal rotation axis.
US08632128B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a reclining mechanism having a lock member, which is engaged with a ring member when it is pressed by a cam body, and a walk-in mechanism. A rotating arm, which is rotated by operation of a reclining lever or a walk-in lever, is secured to a center shaft. The reclining lever operates the rotation of the rotating arm by a link lever having a slot. The walk-in lever operates the rotation of the rotating arm independently of the reclining lever. When a seatback is tilted forward by the operation of the walk-in lever, the slide mechanism of the vehicle seat is unlocked, and the entire seat is moved forward.
US08632118B2	Body panel assembly and a method for manufacturing a body panel assembly A body panel assembly and a method for manufacturing a body panel assembly are disclosed herein. In a non-limiting embodiment, the body panel assembly includes, but is not limited to, an inner panel having a lower portion. The body panel assembly further includes an outer panel that is connected to the inner panel. The outer panel has a main portion, a transitional portion, and a bent portion. The main portion and the bent portion are positioned on opposite sides of the lower portion. The main portion, the transitional portion, and the bent portion are arranged to form a cavity having an elongated configuration below the inner panel. The bent portion defines an opening extending therethrough. The opening is positioned at least partially below the lower portion of the inner panel. The opening provides ventilation to the cavity.
US08632117B1	Armrest assemblies for vehicle doors An armrest assembly for a door of a vehicle includes a substrate component configured for attachment to the door and defining a plurality of furrows. The armrest assembly further includes a cover component mated to the substrate component, wherein the cover component is formed from a foam and fills each of the plurality of furrows. A vehicle including the armrest assembly is also disclosed.
US08632113B2	Stowable seat arrangement for a motor vehicle A seat assembly for a vehicle having a floor can include a seat bottom, a seat back, a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs. The seat bottom can have a seating side and an opposite lower side facing the floor. The front legs can be pivotably coupled to the vehicle and to the seat bottom via releasable locking mechanisms. The rear legs can be pivotably coupled to the seat bottom and releasably coupled to the vehicle. A pair of linking members can pivotably couple the front and rear legs to each other. The seat assembly can be movable from a deployed to a stowed position whereby the seat bottom can be pivoted forward about the front and rear legs while maintaining the seat bottom lower side facing the floor and the front and rear legs pivotably coupled to the vehicle and the seat bottom.
US08632097B1	Systems and methods for hand wheel translational vibration attenuation Methods and apparatus are provided for attenuating translational vibration in a steering system. The apparatus can include a housing having a fluid chamber, a recess and a mounting bracket that couples the housing to a hand wheel of the steering system. The fluid chamber can be in communication with the recess. The apparatus can include a mass disposed in the recess of the housing, which can have a fixed stiffness. The apparatus can include a damping fluid disposed in the housing so as to flow between the fluid chamber and the recess. The mass can be movable in the damping fluid, and the damping fluid can have a variable stiffness. The apparatus can further include a control module that determines a translational vibration experienced at the hand wheel and outputs a signal to vary the stiffness of the damping fluid in response to the translational vibration in substantially real-time.
US08632094B2	Airbag for a vehicle occupant restraining system An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraining system is provided. The airbag comprises a first inflatable area; a second inflatable area; a shoulder area arranged between the first and seconds area. The shoulder area extends in the inflated status of the airbag in the area of a shoulder and/or in an upper arm region of the vehicle occupant to be protected. The shoulder area has a thickness lower than the thickness of the first and second areas as determined in a direction vertical to the main plane of extension of the inflated airbag or comprises a recess in the airbag. The airbag is to be arranged in a vehicle such that, in case of a side collision of the vehicle, the shoulder and/or the upper arm region of the vehicle occupant strikes the shoulder area of the airbag.
US08632093B2	Airbag protection device for a vehicle occupant restraint system and method of manufacturing an airbag protection device The invention relates to an airbag protection device (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint system that includes an airbag mounting device (12). The airbag mounting device (12) includes first and second mounting members (14) which are mounted to the vehicle (100) spaced apart from each other and a cross-member (16) made of bent wire. An airbag (22) is mounted to the cross-member (16) in the folded state.
US08632087B2	Energy coil system for vehicles Exemplary embodiments of a bicycle are provided comprising a bicycle frame having a front wheel support section, a rear wheel support section and a center section. The bicycle includes a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the rear wheel support section. The bicycle further includes a front wheel having a hub rotatably coupled to the front wheel support section, the hub being configured and integrated with an energy coil system that stores energy during a forward revolving movement of the front wheel, and when the energy is fully stored, the energy coil system is locked until selectively released.
US08632085B2	Bolted I-beam axle suspension system and method of construction A suspension axle has beams that are bolted onto the axle. There are plates that are rigidly affixed to the front and rear of the axle with indentations on the inner end of the main portions and secondary portions of the beams that are sized to fit tightly over the plates. Bolts extend through openings in the axle end of the main portion and secondary portion and also through the plates and through the axle. The bolts have nuts thereon to securely hold the main portion and secondary portion in contact with the axle.
US08632082B2	Pallet truck with lift indicator assembly and associated methods A lift indicator assembly for a pallet truck includes a lift sensor assembly, and a lift status display for determining a lift condition of a load wheel of the pallet truck. The lift sensor assembly is to be carried by a fork of the pallet truck and includes a housing section, and a primary sensor assembly. The primary sensor assembly includes a first primary arm coupled to the housing section, and a first primary contact switch carried by the housing section and adjacent the first primary arm. The first primary contact switch has an engaged position and a disengaged position based on position of the first primary arm. The lift status display determines the lift condition of the load wheel based on position of the first primary contact switch.
US08632076B2	Annular sealing assembly, in particular for insertion between elements subjected to an offset positioning A sealing assembly for insertion between first and second mechanical elements subjected to offset positioning, including a reinforcement ring and at least one elastomeric sealing element in which the reinforcement ring is at least partially embedded, the sealing element including an annular membrane shaped as a truncated-cone sleeve and free from the reinforcement ring, which membrane obliquely extends to protrude from the reinforcement ring, towards a symmetry axis of the sealing assembly and ends with at least one annular sealing lip intended to slidingly cooperate with the first mechanical element; the membrane has, in radial direction, a relatively thin thickness, thinner than that of the at least one sealing lip, so as to be highly flexible, and a plurality of stiffening ribs formed with the membrane, which extend in the axial direction, parallel to one another, spaced apart from one another to form longitudinally extending radial projections on the membrane.
US08632062B2	Elastomeric high capacity laminated rotary wing aircraft bearing for rotary wing aircraft An elastomeric high capacity laminated (HCL) bearing for rotary wing aircraft and method of making is provided. The elastomeric HCL bearing is mold bonded using structural adhesives with a given elastomeric subassembly tensile strength between a first metal first laminate end structural bond shim and a second metal distal laminate end structural bond shim. The structural adhesive has a limited elongation and a first end tensile strength ≧elastomeric subassembly tensile strength.
US08632061B2	Active vibration isolating support apparatus In a so-called motoring state at the time of engine starting before actuating engine, there is a problem that a roll vibration, which is generated when an engine revolution speed Ne is at a predetermined engine revolution speed and vibrates the engine and the vehicle body largely, can not be suppressed. For this reason, the present invention provides an active vibration isolating support apparatus in which the roll vibration can be suppressed in the motoring state at the time of engine starting.
US08632058B2	Micro-bubble generating device A micro-bubble generating device is provided which is capable of mixing or dispersing micro-bubbles into a liquid with high stability and has a simple structure that permits reduction of a cost of manufacture. A first member and a first packing are superposed on each other on one side of a gas-permeable film, while a second member and a second packing are superposed on each other on the other side of the gas-permeable film. A pressurized gas delivered via a gas inlet of the first member flows through a fluid passage of the first packing, permeates through the gas-permeable film, and is ejected as micro-bubbles into a liquid flowing through a fluid passage in the form of a narrow shallow strip-like groove provided in the second packing.
US08632046B2	Mounting apparatus for fan A mounting apparatus for a fan includes a bracket, two fixing members, two screws, and a shield plate. The bracket includes a fixing plate defining a vent and two first through holes adjacent to opposite ends of a top of the vent. The screws extend through the fixing members and the first through holes of the bracket, in that order, for engaging in an upper portion of the fan arranged behind the fixing plate, with the vent aligning with the fan. A top of the shield plate is rotatably connected between the fixing members. The shield plate hangs vertically by gravity to cover the vent upon a condition that the gravity of the shield plate is not overcome by airflow passing through the vent.
US08632044B2	Picture anchor and method A picture anchor may include a fastener such as a pin, nail or tack and a non-metallic bumper pad connected to the non-sharp end of the fastener. The anchor is adapted so a back surface of the bumper pad may be attached to a back surface of an object for hanging. A user may then press the object for hanging against the mounting surface, such as a drywall surface, to force the sharp end of the fastener to penetrate the surface thereby anchoring the object to the wall. The bumper pad(s) will provide a uniform space between the hanging object and the mounting surface and serve as a shock absorber to prevent the hanging object from vibrating or rattling.
US08632040B2	Low profile mounting of electronic devices An apparatus that includes a support beam that spans a distance along a first surface of a planar object. The apparatus also includes a mounting bracket that includes a channel shaped to receive at least a portion of the support beam to suspend the mounting bracket from the support beam. The mounting bracket also includes at least one mounting point configured to attach the mounting bracket to an electronic device. The apparatus further includes a trim bezel configured to attach to the electronic device. The trim bezel includes a trim bezel surface. The apparatus additionally includes a set screw coupled to the channel and the support beam. The set screw is configured to adjust a gap between the mounting bracket and the support beam to adjust the bezel surface with respect to a second surface of the planar object.
US08632037B1	Hose holder A hose holder is provided for securing a hose in a desired position to direct fluid from the hose into a desired location such as a container. The holder may include a mounting bracket configured for coupling to a support structure or may be integral to a container. A guide member is coupled to the mounting bracket or container. A pair of spaced skewed rings is coupled to the guide member. The rings are configured for receiving a hose therethrough whereby the rings hold the hose in a static position relative to the guide member.
US08632023B2	Push button mechanism for showerhead control A shower head includes a push-button operated rotatable valve having a plurality of positions including; a first position in which the shower head allows water to flow to a first function, a second position radially offset from the first position in which the shower head allows water to flow to a second function, a third position radially offset from the first position and the second position and to the first position, in which the shower head allows water to flow trickle through the shower head.
US08632020B2	Speed limiting turbine for rotary driven sprinkler A speed limiting mechanisms for turbine-driven fluid distribution apparatus usable with compressible fluid such as compressed air and incompressible fluid such as water. In one form, a flow restrictor is located in the turbine discharge flow path, with the turbine discharge port area selected in relation to the turbine inlet port area according to the desired turbine speed with compressed air. In another form, the incoming fluid flows downstream along the surface of the turbine stator, and is then diverted to enter the rotor chamber in the proper direction. A bleed area on the stator which permits a portion of a compressible fluid which has expanded as it flows along the stator surface to flow to bypass the turbine rotor.
US08632017B2	Damper control system A damper control system having energy efficient mechanisms. The system may use a heat-to-electric power converter such as a thermopile. Heat may come from a pilot light used for igniting a flame for an appliance. The system may store electric energy in a storage module which could be a sufficiently large capacitor. The system may monitor the position of a damper in a vent or the like and provide start and stop movements of the damper using minimal energy. One way that the system may control electrical energy to a damper motor or another electrical mover of the damper is to use pulse width modulated signals.
US08632016B2	RFID chip employing an air gap buffer An RFID tag incorporating an arched buffer such that the RFID inlay containing the RFID transponder is held away from the mounting surface. This has the advantage of reducing RF signal degradation caused by the electromagnetic properties of the material.
US08632015B1	Method and apparatus for dynamic, on-demand creation of financial transaction cards having nonuniform data storage formats A system and technique for manufacturing multiple financial transaction cards substantially simultaneously even though their respective parameters, including the format of data in a readable/writable medium thereon, may vary from card to card. A surface of a card contains a writable/readable medium for storing variable data and a two-dimensional data matrix. The variable data may be recorded on the writable/readable medium and may include an identifier which uniquely identifies the gift card from all other gift cards in the production set. The data stored in the two dimensional matrix serves as a reference to a data record, which may include data identifying another item, such as a greeting card or other carrier mechanism this, with which the card may be matched.
US08632008B2	Controlling device and method for controlling an apparatus A controlling device that controls an apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image representing a certain scene included in content that is being played back by the apparatus; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain image data of the image from an apparatus that is providing the content.
US08632006B2	Transaction card package assembly having enhanced security A transaction card package assembly comprising a transaction card connected to a first panel via a releasable interface, wherein the first panel is affixed to a second panel such that upon releasing the interface, the first panel remains affixed to the second panel and the transaction card is released from the package assembly.
US08631998B1	Solar powered illuminated mailbox post A solar powered, illuminated mailbox post assembly includes a support post structure for supporting a mailbox operatively thereon. The support post structure includes a vertical post section for mounting in the ground and extending upwardly therefrom. The vertical post section has an interior chamber. A light unit is disposed in the chamber and includes a light source and a rechargeable power supply operatively connected to the light source for energizing the light source and causing the light source to illuminate. There is at least one solar collector operably connected to the rechargeable power supply for collecting solar energy and converting such energy to electric power that is directed to the power supply for recharging thereof. At least one window is formed in the vertical post section adjacent the chamber. The window bears indicia that are highlighted for display upon the window when the light is illuminated and light is transmitted through the window.
US08631997B2	Taco holder A taco holder including a rigid, foldable template that retains a crease when folded, which has portions and fold lines configured so that the taco holder is easily configurable between an open configuration and a folded configuration. The open configuration is defined by the fold lines being substantially unfolded such that front edges of the portions of the taco holder define an opening configured to receive a taco or other folded sandwich food. The folded configuration is defined by the fold lines being substantially folded such that the foldable food container is substantially flat.
US08631993B2	Surgical instrument with double cartridge and anvil assemblies An end effector for use with a surgical instrument having a first cartridge assembly configured to deploy a first set of fasteners and a second cartridge assembly disposed distally of the first cartridge assembly. The second cartridge assembly is configured to move between an open position and an approximated position relative to clamp tissue. A central rod extends between the first cartridge assembly and the second cartridge assembly.
US08631989B2	Surgical stapling apparatus A loading unit for use with a surgical stapling apparatus is provided and includes a tool assembly having a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly that are movable in relation to one another; a surgical buttress releasably secured to a tissue contacting surface of the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly, wherein each surgical buttress is secured to the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly by at least one anchor; a release assembly associated with the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly; and a drive assembly slidably translatable through the tool assembly between proximal and distal positions, wherein the drive assembly actuates the release assembly to thereby release the anchor to free the surgical buttress from the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly.
US08631984B2	Harness and chest plate therein A harness including a back portion, two shoulder straps (2) a support strap (6) for the tool, a side strap (4) for distributing the weight of the tool, and a chest plate (1). A fastening device (10) for the side strap (4) is detachable from the chest plate (1) and is attachable on the support strap (6) below the chest plate (1).
US08631976B2	Manually operated pump comprising an assembly for pressurization and dispensing of fluid A manually operated pump for pressurized dispensing of a fluid product, designed to be fastened to the mouth of a container containing the product. The ensemble of the stem, spring, piston, and retention element form a unitary assembly that can be coupled to cup-shaped body of the pump. The pump includes also a member for connection of the unitary assembly to the cup-shaped body. The connection member includes a shaped portion for retention of the collar that projects from the stem, the portion preventing the exit of the stem from the cup-shaped body when the unitary assembly is inserted into the cup-shaped body.
US08631975B2	Airless pump and cosmetic container having the same An airless pump and a cosmetic container including the same. The airless pump includes a nozzle of a head and a compression cylinder disposed between the storage container and the nozzle. A sealing cap fixes the compression cylinder. A piston valve and a piston are fastened into an inner compression chamber inside the compression cylinder. An operation pipe is disposed above the sealing cap in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which an operation button is pushed. The operation pipe is actuated and drives the piston and piston valve in the perpendicular direction. A spring is disposed between the operation pipe and the sealing cap. A slider axially is axially coupled to the operation pipe in the perpendicular direction. The slider is actuated by the operation button to horizontally reciprocate in a direction, thereby driving the operation pipe in the perpendicular direction.
US08631972B2	Metering system with component support A dispensing system for the interior of a dishwashing machine includes a component carrier on which components are detachably or nondetachably arranged, including at least a dispensing chamber, an actuator, and a closing element as well as an energy source and/or a control unit and/or a sensor unit. The closing element is coupled with the actuator such that movement of the actuator displaces the closing element into a closure or a release position. The at least one dispensing chamber is connected in communicating manner with at least one cartridge chamber and includes an inlet for inflow of washing or cleaning agent from a cartridge chamber and an outlet for outflow of washing or cleaning agent from the dispensing chamber into its surrounding environment. The outlet of the dispensing chamber is closable or openable by the closing element.
US08631965B2	Container with removable side panels A container having removable side panels and spacer inserts, the spacer inserts disposed within the gap between adjacent side panels, whereby said side panels are raised to remove them from the container and wherein the spacer inserts preclude removal of a lower side panel unless the adjacent upper side panel is raised sufficient distance to remove the spacer insert.
US08631964B1	Hose holding container assembly A hose holding container assembly provides a holder for a hose integrated into a container to facilitate hands free filling of the container. The assembly includes a container configured for holding a fluid. The container has a bottom and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from the bottom. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an open top. The container further has an aperture configured for receiving a hose therethrough. A guide member is coupled to an interior surface of the container for holding the hose when the hose is inserted through the aperture and the guide member.
US08631961B2	End wall closure apparatus Size reduction of a barrel-type casing using a shear key is aimed for while ensuring a necessary area of a head cover end surface. A shoulder is formed on the axially outer side of the outer circumferential surface of a head cover. The inner surface of a casing is provided with a circumferentially extending groove. Shear key structure includes a first shear key member disposed in the shoulder and the groove, such that at least a portion of its outer circumferential surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the groove, and a second shear key member disposed adjacent to the first shear key member in the groove, the second shear key member having an axially projecting shoulder, its outer circumferential surface being in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the casing. The first and second shear key members are circumferentially segmented respectively into three or more members, and each member is radially fixed to the casing but not axially fastened to each other, to allow slight displacement between the first and second shear key members by a shear force.
US08631959B2	Canister with lever actuated latch A canister includes a body having a shell, a lid, and a handle mechanism. The handle mechanism includes a lever that actuates to engage and disengage a latch pivoted on the lever for locking and unlocking the lid to the body. The lever mates to a fixed handle portion to complete a handle for facilitating handling of the canister. The canister can further include wheels for transporting the canister. The lid can include an elastic portion to press against the body to create a seal. The canister can further include a utensil attached to the underside of the lid, for use to scoop the content from the canister.
US08631958B2	Internal gas pressure resistant metal pop-top cover and method of making A gas pressure-resistant metal pop-top cover comprised of two parts, a lid (1) and a pull-ring, the pull-ring being riveted to the lid (1), there being a concave countersink that begins at the circumferential edge of the lid (1) and extends toward its center, and at the center of the concave countersink there being a round convex platform (2), wherein the angle of inclination A of the countersink is 15-60°, and the arc-shaped segments B1 and B2 of the bottom part of the convex platform and the corner portion of the rise segment C rotate around the center of the lid (1) and are subjected to cold hardening treatment through forging and pressing. Through a new design, the conflict between material-saving and maintaining pressure resistance in a pop-top cover has been solved, with the result that greater resistance to high pressure is provided as the notch diameter and thickness of materials in the pop-top cover are decreased.
US08631955B2	Electrical service assembly and connecting system for mounting same in building structure wall An electrical service assembly for mounting in a building structure wall includes an entrance panel housing, a power meter base and a connecting system connecting the power meter base to the entrance panel housing. The connecting system includes a body having a first surface abutting the power meter base, a second surface abutting the entrance panel housing and a thickness between the first surface and the second surface whereby the body spaces the power meter base from the entrance panel housing. The connecting system further includes a clamping mechanism, such as a set of fasteners, clamping the power meter base, the entrance panel housing and the body together in an assembly configuration where a wiring through-hole formed in the entrance panel housing is in register with a wiring through-hole formed in the power meter base.
US08631954B2	Stopper for a container neck and a molding machine for molding a plastics material for the purpose of fabricating such a stopper The stopper (1) has a tubular skirt (12) for fastening it around the container neck, an end wall (10) perpendicular to the central axis (X-X) of the skirt, and an annular sealing lip (16) extending into the skirt from the inner face (10A) of the end wall. A protrusion (22) connects the inner face of the end wall to the inner face (16B) of a peripheral portion of the lip in order to transmit a movement of the end wall to the lip in the event of excess pressure in the container. In order to release this excess pressure reliably and in a manner which is easy to carry out, the protrusion occupies all the space delimited jointly by the inner face of the end wall, by the inner face of said lip portion and by a geometric plane (P) which passes through said lip portion and intersects the inner face of the end wall along a straight line (L) orthoradial to the axis of the skirt.
US08631952B2	Knuckle formed without a finger core A railcar coupler knuckle includes a tail section, a hub section, and a nose section. The tail, hub, and nose sections define internal cavities including (i) a kidney cavity, (ii) a pivot pin cavity, and (ii) a finger cavity. The kidney and pivot pin cavities are formed using at least one internal core during manufacturing of the coupler knuckle. The finger cavity is formed from a finger section of cope and drag mold portions of a mold used during manufacturing of the coupler knuckle, wherein the finger section of the mold defines the entirety of the finger cavity of the coupler knuckle.
US08631938B2	Easy opening packaging for liquid or gel products The present invention proposes a packaging (1) for a food product such as a gel comprising a first sheet (2) comprising at least one folded portion (4) of sheet material which runs across the first sheet, the sheet material in the folded portion (4) being joined together in a peelable seal (6), a second sheet (3) comprising at least one folded portion (5) of sheet material which runs across the second sheet, the sheet material in the folded portion (5) being at joined together in a peelable seal (7). The first and second sheets (2,3) are joined together defining a product cavity (8), the first and second sheets (2,3) are positioned such that two folded portions (4,5) protrude outwardly and are arranged opposite such that by pulling in a direction transverse to that of the folded portions, the two peelable seals (6,7) are peeled apart and an aperture (9,10) be created in each side of the packaging providing access to the product cavity (8). The invention also relates to a method for making such a packaging.
US08631937B2	Packaging assembly A packaging assembly comprising: a card comprising at least one panel; a fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir and a fluid dispenser member that is mounted on the reservoir; and a connection element fitted on the panel and including fastener means, the dispenser being engaged in the fastener means for being held in removable manner on the card; wherein the panel includes a window, the connection element being fitted in the window, the connection element includes a base, advantageously a flat base, of dimension that is greater than the dimension of the window, the fastener means projecting from the base, the base being disposed on one side of the panel with the fastener means passing through the window in such a manner as to project from the other side of the panel, the fastener means being inserted through the window and presenting a dimension that is greater than the dimension of the window, thereby holding the connection element in the window.
US08631935B2	Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (701,702) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a specimen container (703) can be disposed within the tray. A first barrier (105) and second barrier (106) separate the compartments. The barriers can have openings (121,122) therein to accommodate large syringes or to enable the first compartment (101) to be used as a lubricant applicator for the catheter. The first compartment (101) can include a stair-stepped contour (115) such that the syringes are held at different depths to facilitate ease of use. The various devices can be disposed within the tray (100) in accordance with their order of use in the catheterization procedure.
US08631929B2	Conveyor for the transport of bulk materials A conveyor for the transport of bulk materials contains three pairs of supporting cables disposed vertically one above the other. A conveyor belt is movable along the supporting cables from a loading station to an unloading station. The conveyor belt has supporting beams disposed at a distance apart and at the ends of which are rollers, which roll along the middle and lower supporting cables. The conveyor further contains supporting frames by which the supporting cables are mutually connected. The supporting frames have two vertically aligned supporting struts and two horizontally aligned connecting struts. Furthermore, the upper ends of the supporting struts are respectively connected to one of the two upper supporting cables and the connecting struts are connected to the middle and the lower supporting cables. The supporting struts are formed by two supporting strut parts, which are mutually pivotable about horizontal axes aligned transversely to the supporting cables.
US08631928B2	Conveyor for printed sheet material with air assisted drop A sheet material conveyor includes a pocket conveyor with at least one moving pocket for collecting printed sheet material, the pocket conveyor having a release area for releasing the printing sheet material in the pocket. The sheet material conveyor also includes an air supply device providing air to the pocket at the release area. A pocket with air supply holes and a method for releasing printed sheet material using pressurized air is also provided.
US08631926B2	Device for pushing glass objects onto a conveyor belt A device having a pusher for pushing glass objects from a resting plate to a conveyor belt moving at a uniform speed. The device has first, second and third electric motors, the first motor mounted to be stationary, and the second and third motors being moveable relative to the first motor. The three motors are connected to the pusher via various transmission parts and controlled independently for controlling the motion of the pusher.
US08631921B2	System and method for direct transfer of electronic parking meter data A single space electronic parking meter mechanism for inserting into an outer parking meter housing is provided. The mechanism includes an inner housing, a payment receiving structure supported by the inner housing and an electronic display screen supported by the inner housing. The mechanism also includes a wireless communication subsystem supported by the inner housing configured to wirelessly communicate with a parking management system and an electronic meter control system controlling the electronic display and the wireless communications subsystem. The mechanism includes a memory device receiving port externally accessible through the inner housing and a read-write removable memory device physically accessible from outside of the inner housing and configured to be coupled to the memory device receiving port. The removable memory device including operation mode information that is read by the electronic meter control system to select an operation mode of the meter mechanism.
US08631918B2	Torque transmission assembly with clutches A torque transmission assembly is disposed between a power source and a vehicle transmission and includes an annular housing, a pump member of a fluid coupling, a turbine member of the fluid coupling, a lockup clutch, a first shaft, a first selectable clutch, a second shaft, and a second selectable clutch. The turbine member opposes the pump member and the lockup clutch is selectively engaged between the pump member and the turbine member. The first selectable clutch is selectively engaged between the turbine member and the first shaft. The second selectable clutch is selectively engaged between the turbine member and the second shaft.
US08631913B2	Brake assembly for final drive A braking system for a final drive for a wheel assembly of an independently powered wheeled vehicle. The system includes a service brake having a displaceable element actuatable to retard rotation of the individual wheel assembly. A park brake is positioned closely adjacent to the service brake and is actuatable independently of the service brake to displace the displaceable element to retard rotation of the wheel. Both the service brake and park brake are accessible without disturbing an electric motor with which they are associated.
US08631903B2	Pump jack pole brace latch and method A pump jack pole brace. The brace comprises a U-shaped yoke member having a first leg and a second leg. The brace includes a latch plate assembly having a first side slidably and pivotably attached to the first leg, and a second side having a tab which engages with the second leg to form a closed envelope with the yoke. A method for securing a pole for use of a pump jack system.
US08631902B2	Apparatus for elevating and positioning a work platform Apparatus for elevating, laterally and rotationally positioning an aerial work platform relative to a support structure such as a mobile vehicle. In one embodiment a platform supporting carriage is mounted for sliding movement along a support beam affixed to a boom and the platform is mounted on the carriage permitting rotation of the platform about a substantially vertical axis. In a second embodiment a four bar linkage is used for longitudinally moving a rotatable platform. One or more powered means may be provided for elevating, leveling and longitudinally and rotationally positioning the work platform.
US08631898B2	Method for attaching protective structure to feed beam, and protective structure in rock drilling rig A method for attaching a protective structure to a feed beam of a rock drilling rig, and a protective structure for a rock drilling rig. The protective structure is at least partly arranged around the feed beam so that as the feed beam bends in a bending direction of its longitudinal axis and/or twists about its longitudinal axis in a twisting direction, the protective structure substantially maintains its original shape.
US08631888B2	Cowling structure for saddle-ride type vehicle A cowling structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle for cooling an engine and providing a windshield for a rider. The cowling structure includes a seat for a rider to sit thereon, the seat is arranged behind and above an engine suspended from a vehicle body frame. An under cowl covers at least part of a lower portion of the engine. The under cowl is formed to cover at least part of a side surface of the engine. A guide portion is provided in an upper portion of the under cowl, the guide portion extending inward in a vehicle width direction and toward the side surface of the engine. An opening is provided in front of the guide portion, the opening introducing a flow of air into the under cowl. The guide portion has a slope surface which slopes downward from the front to the rear of the vehicle.
US08631882B1	Drilling rig with torque measuring top drive A drilling rig with a top drive having a torque measuring load cell made from a strain gauged bending pin. When the unit torques up, the bending pin can be arranged to bend slightly in proportion to torque, and a strain gauge on the bending pin provides measurement that can be calibrated electronically in foot-lbs of torque.
US08631875B2	Insert gas lift injection assembly for retrofitting string for alternative injection location An insert device can straddle an existing production string port into the annulus such as through an open sliding sleeve so that annulus access into the production string is available. An injection string is associated with the insert to allow placement of the injection fluid at the desired location even if that location is below an isolation packer. The port can be part of an existing ported sub such as a sliding sleeve. Alternatively, the port can be created at a desired location and the insert supported with an anchor so that spaced seals straddle the port that is created to allow injection access from the annulus into the production tubing. The produced fluids pass around the injection tubing and through the insert body to get to the surface. The insert can be removed if needed.
US08631865B2	Biotechnological process for hydrocarbon recovery in low permeability porous media A biotechnological process for enhancing oil recovery of 14 to 25° API oil contained in carbonate or sandstone rock systems with low permeability utilizes indigenous extremophile microorganisms (first culture) from the oil well, a second culture containing selected microorganisms and its metabolites (gases, acids, solvents and surfactants), to improve oil mobility. Under anaerobic conditions, such microorganisms are able to grow in temperatures from 60 to 95° C., at pressures from 7 to 154.6 kg/cm2 and NaCl content from 5,000 to 45,000 ppm. Injection of indigenous microorganisms and a second culture for metabolites production into the well improves oil recovery after closing the system for periods from 5 to 10 days. The biotechnical process includes biostimulation (indigenous microorganisms) and bioaugmetation (second culture) to increase oil recovery.
US08631843B2	Dispensing system A concentrate dispensing system for dispensing a fluid for dilution, comprises a bracket (1) and a bottle (2). The bracket (1) is arranged to releasably hold the bottle (2). The bottle (2) is arranged to dispense a predetermined quantity of the fluid to a first receptacle type, which is freestanding, when the bottle (2) is in a freehand mode and is not held in the bracket (1). The bottle (2) is arranged to dispense a predetermined quantity of the fluid to a second receptacle type (3), which is received and guided by the bracket (1), when the bottle (2) is in a bracket mode and is held in the bracket (1).
US08631837B2	Fuel dispensing nozzle A nozzle for dispensing fluid including a nozzle body having a fluid path which is configured to receive fluid therein and a vapor path which is configured to receive vapor therein. The nozzle further includes a main fluid valve positioned in the fluid path to control a flow of fluid therethrough, the main fluid valve including a main fluid valve spring configured to bias the main fluid valve to one of its open or closed positions. The nozzle further has a main vapor valve positioned in the vapor path to control a flow of vapor therethrough. The main vapor valve includes a main vapor valve spring configured to bias the main vapor valve to one of its open or closed positions. At least part of the main fluid valve spring or the main vapor valve spring is positioned within the other one.
US08631836B2	Coolant vacuum fill apparatus and method An apparatus, system, and method are provided for bypassing a coolant reservoir with a fill tool connecting a source of vacuum pressure and a source of coolant (e.g., a vacuum coolant filler) to a vehicular cooling system inlet port. The fill tool bypass allows the coolant reservoir to be manufactured from a relatively structurally weak polymer material, which is subject to failure under vacuum pressure, while still allowing vacuum coolant filling to be used to charge the vehicular cooling system. Without the use of the bypass fill tool, the coolant reservoir would rupture under the vacuum pressures applied during vacuum coolant filling.
US08631832B2	Sheet forming screen A sheet forming screen is described which is formed as a multi-layer fabric, wherein the fabric has a longitudinal thread repeat of sixteen longitudinal threads, four longitudinal threads (11 to 14) of which are formed as upper longitudinal threads, eight longitudinal threads (31 to 38) of which are formed as lower longitudinal threads, and the remaining four longitudinal threads (21 to 24) of which form two functional longitudinal thread pairs of two longitudinal threads each arranged next to each other which alternately complete the first weave, wherein at least one of the four longitudinal threads which form the two functional longitudinal thread pairs extends both in the upper fabric layer and in the lower fabric layer and thereby binds the lower fabric layer to the upper fabric layer.
US08631828B1	Anhydrous ammonia flow dividing manifold A flow dividing manifold (12) divides a flow of anhydrous ammonia having both liquid and gas phases into separate flow paths. The manifold (12) has a first mixing nozzle (32) for concentrating the flow of the anhydrous ammonia in a first direction (46) against a first enclosed end (50) of a first mixing chamber (48). A second mixing nozzle (48) concentrating the flow of anhydrous ammonia in a second direction (76) orthogonal to the first direction (46) and against a second enclosed end (80) of a second mixing chamber (78). A flow divider structure (96) is disposed about an outward end of the second mixing chamber (78) and has a plurality of flow ports (90) which are angularly spaced around and extend orthogonal to the second flow direction (76) through the second mixing nozzle (64).
US08631826B2	Volume booster with stabilized trim A fluid flow control device includes a body having an inlet connection, an outlet connection, and a discharge port. A supply path extends between the inlet connection and the outlet connection and a booster module is disposed within the body. The booster module includes a control element and an actuator element and defines an exhaust path extending between the outlet connection and the discharge port. A supply port is disposed within the booster module along the supply path between the inlet connection and the outlet connection and at least a first damping means operatively connected to the booster module.
US08631825B2	Piezo valve A piezo valve actuated by an electric voltage. The piezo valve includes a valve body having at least one port for introducing a fluid therethrough, an internal chamber communicating with the port, at least one valve seat for allowing the fluid to pass therethrough, and a circuit board for supplying an electric voltage; a valve unit opening or closing the valve seat of the valve body; a piezo plate bending-strained to either of opposite sides in response to the electric voltage, thus moving the valve unit; and a fastener fastening an end of the piezo plate to the valve body in a state in which a position of the piezo plate can be adjusted. Because the end of the piezo plate is fastened by the fastener, it is possible to fasten the piezo plate in a state in which the fastened position of the piezo plate can be adjusted.
US08631813B2	Method for producing a microfluidic system A method for producing a microfluidic system, containing at least one microfluidic component having at least one microfluidically active surface is disclosed. The method includes providing a microfluidic composite substrate having a connection side, comprising at least one microfluidic component introduced into a polymer composition, wherein the microfluidically active surface of said component forms a part of the connection side of the microfluidic composite substrate. The method further includes providing a mating substrate having a connection side for connection to the microfluidic composite substrate. Also, the method includes providing microfluidic structures at least on the connection side of the composite substrate and/or on the connection side of the mating substrate at least for the purpose of forming a microfluidic channel structure in the microfluidic system. In addition, the method includes connecting the microfluidic composite substrate and the mating substrate by their connection sides to form a microfluidic channel structure.
US08631812B2	Compressor throttling valve assembly A throttling valve assembly has an outer housing that is sealed. An actuator is connected to a pressure balanced shaft that extends into the housing to operate a plurality of linkages that can rotate blades in tandem. With the surrounding housing sealed, the shaft penetrations of the blade support shafts no longer need seals or a purge system to supply process gas during times of reduced pressure in situations with the blades nearly closed. A pressure equalization system has balance passages internal to the housing to allow flow from higher pressure zones to lower pressure zone of the process gas so as to avoid creation of a condition that can draw air into any zones of reduced pressure in the housing.
US08631811B2	Tray for a walker The present invention relates to a tray for use with a walker. The tray includes a generally rigid tray base having an essentially rectangular shape with a front long side, a back long side, a first short side and a second short side, and wherein the tray has a length that extends to or past the essentially horizontal support member; a ridge extending along the sides of the tray, wherein the ridge has a height of at least about a ½ inch; a strap having a hook and loop fastener wherein the strap is positioned at or near the back long end; and a first hinge and a second hinge, the first and second hinges are positioned, when the tray is in use, at or near the front leg of the first and second support, respectively.
US08631806B2	Mascara system with thickening benefits A mascara system comprising, in combination: (a) a mascara applicator comprising a substantially longitudinal stem having a major axis A and a plurality of protrusions extending therefrom, wherein at least two adjacent protrusions are spaced from one another at a distance R at the base of the stem; (b) a mascara composition comprising primary particles that are at least about 5 microns in equivalent diameter; and (c) a dermatologically acceptable carrier. The mascara applicator is a molded applicator, the distance R is from about 0.75 mm to about 3.0 mm, and at least one of the primary particles is a wax primary particle composed primarily of one or more waxes.
US08631804B2	Clip for wig A clip for wig is offered which can prevent warping of a wig base.The clip 1 for wig is constituted with a frame-like reversible member 10 and a plurality of comb teeth 20 attached to the reversible member 10, the reversible member 10 is constituted with an U-shaped frame material 11 having leg portions 11B and 11C protruding from both ends of a support portion 11A and a connecting portion 12 connected to respective leg portions 11B and 11C of the U-shaped frame material 11, a plurality of comb teeth 20 are fixed at the end portion of the support portion 11A of the U-shaped frame material 11, the outer shape of the support portion 11A is formed to have a curvature of the circular arc along the curved periphery of the wig base 30, and the support portion of the clip 1 of a wig is provided at the position close to the periphery, thereby to be fixed to the reverse side of the wig base.
US08631802B2	System and method for the modification of surgical procedures using a graphical drag and drop interface Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for allowing a user to modify a surgical procedure. An embodiment of the method of the present invention can include: providing a GUI on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of the surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps, wherein the GUI allows a user to modify the representation of the surgical procedure by dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the touch screen; detecting that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified; and modifying the surgical procedure to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure.
US08631797B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for respiratory support of a patient Spontaneous respiration is detected by sensors. An additional amount of oxygen is administered to the lungs via a jet gas current at the end of an inhalation procedure. Breathing volume, absorption of oxygen during inhalation, and clearance of carbon dioxide during exhalation are improved. If required, the exhalation procedure of the patient can be arrested or slowed by a countercurrent to avoid a collapse of the respiration paths. An apparatus including an oxygen pump can be connected to an oxygen source and includes a tracheal prosthesis that can be connected via a catheter. The respiration detections sensors are connected to a control unit for activating the oxygen pump. The tracheal prosthesis includes a tubular support body with a connection for the catheter, and the sensors are associated with the support body. The tracheal prosthesis and jet catheter are dimensioned so the patient can freely breathe and speak without restriction.
US08631796B2	Laryngeal mask A laryngeal mask of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening as used during general anesthesia, intensive care, or critical patient care is described that includes an inflatable positioning and a respiratory tube. The inflatable positioning shield is formed to fit within a patient's oropharynx, and has an inflatable, hollow peripheral portion, a pliable base in fluid communication with the peripheral portion, a shield recess formed after inflation of the peripheral portion, and a rear portion formed between the posterior base and the peripheral portion after inflation of the peripheral portion, wherein the posterior base has a recessed front portion. The respiratory tube has a proximal end lumen, a curved tubular body of sufficient size to permit the passage of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments, and a distal end passing through and secured to the rear portion of the positioning shield. The distal end terminates at a distal lumen, which passes through and is secured to the rear portion of the positioning shield such that tubes and instruments passing through the respiratory tube will be directed into the laryngeal opening.
US08631787B2	Multi-junction solar cells with a homogenizer system and coupled non-imaging light concentrator The present embodiments provide methods and systems to homogenize illumination on a target. Some embodiments provide rotational symmetric dual-reflector solar concentrators that include a concave primary reflector with an aim-direction directed toward the sun to receive optical radiation in a far-field angle within an angle of acceptance and redirect radiation upward and centrally generating flux concentration, a secondary reflector positioned coaxial with said primary reflector to receive said redirected radiation and redirect radiation downward and centrally generating flux concentration solar rays, and a central target zone receiving said concentrated solar rays, where cross sections of said primary and secondary reflectors both further comprise a multiplicity of segments that establish a correspondence between pairs of segments, each of said segments of said primary reflector such as to image said angle of acceptance onto said corresponding segment of said secondary reflector to image onto said target zone.
US08631784B2	Flange device and intake system A flange device for an air induction device of an internal combustion engine may include a housing of plastic having at least one inlet channel for each cylinder of the internal combustion engine. A fuel distribution rail of metal may have a connection for each cylinder for connecting a fuel injector, wherein the housing may have a flange that surrounds the outlet openings of the inlet channels and be configured to fasten the housing on the internal combustion engine. The housing may have a plurality of bridge sections that overlap the fuel distribution rail on a side facing away from the flange. Each bridge section may have a support sleeve arranged distally to the inlet channels and be configured to fasten the respective bridge section on the internal combustion engine.
US08631782B2	Active compression ratio modulation through intake valve phasing and knock sensor feedback An internal combustion engine includes a piston reciprocable within a cylinder, a phase controllable valvetrain configured to alter the effective compression ratio of the engine, and a knock sensor. A method for controlling the engine includes controlling the valvetrain to a first effective compression ratio whereat knock is detectable by the knock sensor and thereafter controlling the valvetrain to reduce the effective compression ratio to a point whereat knock is no longer detectable.
US08631779B2	Internal combustion engine with kick starter An internal combustion engine with a kick starter for ensuring layout flexibility of a kick shaft while suppressing an enlargement of the engine. An output shaft is disposed at a position overlapped with a driven pulley from a side view. A power transmission mechanism is disposed between the output shaft and the driven shaft pulley in a crankcase. A kick shaft is disposed at a position below and forward of the driven pulley shaft, which is not overlapped with the driven pulley from the side view. A kick intermediate shaft is disposed between the kick shaft and the crankshaft such that the kick starter is mounted on the crankcase.
US08631768B1	Method for manufacturing toy for cat and the toy for cat A highly manufacturable toy for cats with which cats can play in direct contact contains silvervine. The manufacturing method involves the preliminary mixing step to form a molding compound by melting a resin raw material and then mixing the molten resin material with silvervine, and the molding step to melt the molding compound formed in the preliminary mixing step and then molding the molten molding compound into a toy shape. Silvervine is characterized in that the degree of activity to cats is increased when it is heated prior to the molding process.
US08631761B2	Mask frame assembly for thin-film deposition Provided is a mask frame assembly for thin-film deposition. The mask frame assembly including a mask frame having an opening defined therethrough, the mask frame configured to retain a mask, at least one supporter configured to contact the mask for supporting the mask, and a fixing unit coupled to the supporter and the mask frame.
US08631756B2	Apparatus for processing substrate and method of maintaining the apparatus Provided is an apparatus for processing a substrate. The apparatus includes a chamber, a process unit, and an exhaust member. The chamber has an inner space. The process unit is disposed at the inner space of the chamber and is movable outward from the chamber through a side of the chamber. The process unit includes an exhaust line. The exhaust member is disposed at the chamber. The exhaust member is connected to the exhaust line, and the exhaust member includes a movable exhaust port configured to be moved according to a movement of the process unit.
US08631755B2	Traffic cone insert that supports caution tape A device used with a traffic cone to support caution tape includes at least one head extending from a body. The head is received in the opening defined at the top of a typical traffic cone to support the device in an upright position with respect to the cone. The body of the device is adapted to support a section of caution tape. The body may define a slot that allows the tape to be supported in an unfolded condition.
US08631744B2	Method of blasting multiple layers or levels of rock A method of blasting plural layers of material (38, 40, 42, 44) in a blastfield (16) that reduces the amount of mechanical excavation required to expose a lower layer of material. The method includes using rows of equally spaced blastholes (18, 20, 22, 24) that pass through all of the layers and additional intermediate rows of blastholes (26, 28) that pass down only through top layer (40). Each blasthole is capped with stemming material and includes one or more decks of explosives material (46) and detonators (48), with air decks or inert stemming (45) separating adjacent explosives decks (46). The detonators in layer (40) are detonated first in order from row (18) rearwards to throw a substantial amount of the blast material from layer (40) forwardly of free face (12) onto floor (34). In the same blasting cycle and within seconds of the throw blast, explosives material in layers (42, 44) is detonated in a stand-up blast in which material in layers (38, 42, 44) is broken up but otherwise minimally displaced or thrown forwardly. Layers (38, 44) may be coal seams which are separated by interburden layer (42) and covered by overburden layer (40).
US08631743B2	Priming device initiated electrically for a projectile A priming device for a projectile incorporating a safety and arming device as well as an electrically initiated detonator that is activated by an electronic firing module, wherein the priming device incorporates a second detonator integral with a rotor or flap of the safety and arming device, the second detonator being activated by a mobile firing pin, such firing pin being arranged opposite a first detonator so as to be projected by the gases resulting from the ignition of the latter.
US08631739B2	Grill The invention relates to a grill having a heating element for heating food, a cooking grate positioned above the heating element and having a plurality of openings for permitting grease to pass where the plurality of openings are arranged around the heating element, and a touch control for adjusting a temperature of said heating element. The touch control has an increase button to elevate the temperature of the heating element and a decrease button to lower the temperature of the heating element. The touch control also has a plurality of lights arranged in sequential order from a first light to an nth light, wherein manipulation of the increase button or decrease button commences illumination
US08631734B2	Glide movement controller and power miter saw including such controller A glide movement controller for use with a hinge connection that includes a shaft, as well as a hinge connection and a power saw including such a controller. The glide movement controller includes a generally U-shaped controller body configured to move towards the shaft in a first direction such that resistance upon the shaft is increased and away from the shaft in a second direction such that resistance upon the shaft is decreased; a pair of apertures extending through the controller body; and an interior bearing surface defined on the controller body. The interior bearing surface is configured and arranged to face the shaft. In certain embodiments, at least a portion of the interior bearing surface is located between the apertures.
US08631729B2	Knife for a pouch machine and method of using same An adjustable knife for a pouch machine is selectively provided with changeable knife hub sets each including a major and minor knife hub with respective major and minor axes. The hub sets have respectively differing diameters or different spacing between the respective major and minor axes to handle a variety of pouch sizes where a filler wheel alternately first fills and seals pouches in a train. A gear linkage including a four gear anti-lash arrangement with a movable gear accommodates variation in distance between hubs of different sets. A method of using the knife is also described.
US08631724B2	Fastening sockets, washers and fasteners used with the washers and the fastening sockets A fastening socket B includes an inner socket portion including engaging means for engaging a nut or the like, and an outer socket portion for engaging a washer A with an outer edge portion 2, which includes a tapered surface and engaging teeth. The tapered surface is gradually inclined outwardly and toward a bottom surface of the outer edge portion. The inner socket portion 21 and the outer socket portion 22 are coupled together with a mechanism so as to be rotated in opposite directions. The outer socket portion is provided with engaging claws for engaging the engaging teeth, and a tapered bottom end surface of each of the claws 24 is gradually inclined radially inwardly and toward a base end side. A surface of a bolt head that is brought into contact with a surface of objects is provided with frictional coefficient increasing treatment.
US08631721B2	Actuator mounting An actuator mounting, in particular, a clutch or brake mounting for a vehicle, includes a mounting housing (3) with an attachment shell (2) for attaching the mounting to a handlebar or a similar steering element, a hand lever (8) supported to rotate on the mounting housing (3), and a mechanical or hydraulic force transmission device arranged on the mounting housing (3). The actuator mounting includes a carrier plate (9) supported on the rotational bearing (7) in common with the hand lever (8) as an intermediate transmission element with multiple functions. The carrier plate (9) has contact points (16, 32, 34) for applying force to or tensioning the hand lever (8), the force transmission device, and the mounting housing stop (35).
US08631712B2	Method for detecting plugging in a coriolis flow measuring device A method for detecting complete or partial plugging of a measuring tube of a Coriolis flow measuring device, which is insertable into a pipeline, and which has a measuring transducer of the vibration type having at least two measuring tubes connected for parallel flow. The method includes, in such case, the steps of measuring a subset flow occurring in a subset of the measuring tubes, and comparing a subset flow value obtained from this measurement with a reference value to be expected for this subset. The reference value is, in such case, determined from a total mass flow determined in the context of a Coriolis mass flow measuring. Additionally, the method includes the step of detecting plugging of at least one measuring tube of the measuring transducer, if the subset flow value deviates from the reference value by more than a limit value.
US08631704B2	Fatigue testing device for wind turbine blade testing, a method of testing wind turbine blades and a control system for a blade testing actuator The invention provides a fatigue exciter for wind turbine blades. Wind turbine blades require excitation at or near their natural frequency to induce bending moments that simulate in service loadings and must be easily controllable and with the minimum of unnecessary added mass or force. The invention provides a device and a method by which force controlled feedback is used for finding an optimal excitation frequency. This force could be provided e.g. by a digital signal generator.
US08631698B2	Test slot carriers A test rack for a storage device testing system includes a plurality of test slot carriers. Each of the test slot carriers includes a plurality of test slot assemblies. The test slot assemblies are configured to received and support storage devices for testing. The test rack also includes a chassis. The chassis includes a plurality of carrier receptacles for releasable receiving and supporting the test slot carriers. The test slot carriers are interchangeable with each other among the various carrier receptacles.
US08631689B2	Method and device for the functional testing of a pressure switch of a tank vent system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle A method for the functional testing of a pressure switch of a tank vent device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, enables the testing of the pressure switch even while the crankshaft is rotating. The pressure switch is located in a low pressure position if the pressure in the tank vent device is lower than a pressure threshold, and is otherwise in a high pressure position. In a rotating operating state of the crankshaft in which the pressure in an intake pipe exceeds the pressure threshold, a tank vent valve being disposed in a connecting line between a fuel vapor reservoir and the intake pipe is actuated such that the tank vent device and the intake pipe are pneumatically connected to each other. The pressure switch is assessed as defective if it is in the low pressure position after actuation of the tank vent valve.
US08631684B2	Water leakage checking apparatus A water leakage checking apparatus includes: a plurality of attachment portions for attaching an endoscope; a water leakage sensing portion that communicates with the plurality of attachment portions and simultaneously carries out a plurality of items of a water leakage check menu; and an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the endoscope. Also, the water leakage checking apparatus includes: a control portion that determines an item of the water leakage check menu based on the read endoscope information, assigns the determined item of the water leakage check menu to one of the plurality of attachment portions, and outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying the assigned one of the attachment portions; and a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion.
US08631678B2	Press mold A press mold comprises lower mold (9), upper mold (3), working limiter (6) and rigid storing restrictor (2). The lower mold (9) and the upper mold (3) are coupled each other by guide post (1) having guiding function so that they can move relative to each other. The working limiter (6) and the rigid storing limiter (2) are located between the lower mold (9) and the upper mold (3). The press mold also includes at least one elastic storing limiter provided between the upper mold (3) and the lower mold (9).
US08631677B2	Production method of rotating device having thrust dynamic pressure generating site on which a thrust pressure pattern is formed and rotating device produced by said production method A thrust dynamic pressure pattern is marked on a rotating member or fixed member set on a rest table. A pressure for marking is applied to a member to be marked in a cycle of applying and releasing the pressure, and a supplemental force for keeping the member to be marked, still is separately applied. According to the present embodiment, a rotating device can be provided that narrows down a bearing gap and improves the efficiency of raking up a lubricant so as to increase the dynamic pressure by reducing the deformation of the shape of the protrusions of a thrust dynamic pressure pattern and the variation in the height of the protrusions when forming the thrust dynamic pressure pattern in a method of producing a rotating device.
US08631662B2	Testing system and method for AC system in a vehicle A pressure and prevacuum testing system for an AC system in a vehicle includes an air pressure source for pressurizing a cooling circuit of the AC system to a predetermined high pressure threshold and a vacuum source for prevacuuming the cooling circuit either to a predetermined prevacuum low pressure level or for a predetermined time period. The system also includes a pressure gauge for operatively measuring a pressure level in the cooling circuit. A controller is operatively connected to the air pressure source, the vacuum source and the pressure gauge. The controller compares the pressure level as measured by the pressure gauge to the predetermined high pressure threshold during a pressurized test of the cooling circuit and to the predetermined prevacuum low pressure level during a prevacuum test of the cooling circuit to determine if leaks are present in the cooling circuit.
US08631659B2	Hybrid vehicle temperature control systems and methods A heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed, the HVAC system including at least one thermoelectric device for providing supplemental heating and cooling for air supplied to a passenger compartment of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the HVAC system has at least a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit can be configured to transfer heat to or from an electric side of the hybrid vehicle. The second circuit can be configured to transfer heat to or from a fuel-fed side of the hybrid vehicle.
US08631655B2	Gas turbine engine including apparatus to transfer power between multiple shafts The gas turbine engine comprises at least one electrical generator and an electrical heater associated with a gas path of the engine. The heater is powered by the generator to selectively add heat to the gas turbine cycle.
US08631653B1	Fuel-less steam-driven electric generating system A system for generating electricity including a water storage tank coupled to a heat exchanger and an oxygen generator. The oxygen generator separates water into oxygen and hydrogen and flows each element to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a fuel cell and a tube that water flows through adjacent the fuel cell. The operation of the fuel cell results in a by product of heat. The heat from the fuel cell is then transferred to water flowing through the tube and the water is converted to steam. The steam drives a turbine generator to produce electricity. The fuel cell generates water in its processing that is returned to the water storage tank.
US08631643B2	Regeneration assist delay period A power system comprising an engine that produces exhaust, a particulate filter that traps soot from the engine, and a controller that switches the power system from a first operation mode into a second operation mode to regenerate the particulate filter in response to a load on the engine changing and a threshold amount of time greater than zero passing after the load on the engine changed.
US08631640B2	Jet engine nacelle equipped with a system for mechanically inhibiting a thrust reverser The present invention relates to a jet engine nacelle comprising a forward air inlet section, a mid-section intended to surround a jet engine fan, and an aft section equipped with at least one thrust reversal system comprising, on the one hand, means for deflecting at least part of an air flow of the jet engine and, on the other hand, at least one cowl (12) mounted translatably along at least one guide rail (15) in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle, said movable cowl being able to switch alternately from a closed position, in which it provides the nacelle with aerodynamic continuity and covers the deflection means, to an open position in which it opens a passage in the nacelle and uncovers said deflection means, the nacelle being characterized in that the aft section is equipped with at least one stud (18) mounted such that it can move over a fixed structure of the aft section in the region of the guide rail between a retracted position, in which said stud is withdrawn from the running track of the rail and allows a translational movement of the movable cowl, and an engaged position, in which it forms a stop capable of preventing the movable cowl from sliding in the downstream direction of the nacelle.
US08631632B2	Container pressurizing and sealing apparatus and methods of pressurizing containers A process for pressurizing a container assembly includes engaging the outer container around a neck of the outer container at a location between a shoulder of the outer container and a mouth of the outer container with a neck clamp device. The neck clamp device is used to support the outer container as the outer container moves from one location to a different location. An at least partial seal is formed about the neck of the outer container by engaging the neck clamp device with an outer bell member of a crimper-pressurized fluid fill head.
US08631627B2	Helical pole support bracket and method for supporting a pole A method of installing a support structure is provided for use in soft or unstable soil. The method forms a hole in the earth to a depth sufficient to support the structure, such as a utility pole or post. A pole support is placed in the hole and driven downward into the earth to form a supporting base at the bottom of the hole. The pole support in one embodiment has a helical screw at a bottom end and a flat supporting plate at the top end. The pole support is rotated by a drive member into the earth to position the support plate at the bottom of the hole. The support plate can have a hole in the top face to receive the drive member for rotating the support member to drive the screw into the earth. The drive member is then separated and lifted from the hole. The pole or post is positioned on the support plate and the hole is back-filled.
US08631625B2	Floor covering Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove.
US08631624B2	Modular flooring assemblies A modular flooring assembly including a flooring component adhered to a tray substrate is described. The modular flooring assembly may be interconnected with additional modular flooring assemblies to form a modular floor suitable for most flooring applications. The flooring component may be tile or wood or other materials commonly used in flooring applications. Convention fill-in grout or a snap-in grout may be used with the modular flooring assemblies. One suitable snap-in grout is a right angle grout member.
US08631623B2	Set of panels comprising retaining profiles with a separate clip and method for inserting the clip The invention relates to a set of panels, preferably of floor panels, consisting of a first panel and at least a second panel with, in each case, a top side and an underside, wherein the first panel comprises at an edge a first retaining profile with a hook directed towards the top side, the second panel comprises at an edge a second retaining profile with a hook directed towards the underside, the first retaining profile and the second retaining profile can be connected by a relative movement directed perpendicular to a plane of laying, and wherein a separate clip is provided, which comprises a clip head, a clip body and a clip base. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for inserting the clip into a retaining profile.
US08631614B2	Roofing product with integrated photovoltaic elements and flashing system The present invention relates generally to the photovoltaic generation of electrical energy. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic arrays for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. Aspects of the present invention provide a variety of photovoltaic roofing elements and systems that include, for example, interlocking geometries to provide for water handling and integration with conventional roofing materials; and wire management features that can protect wiring and associated electrical components from physical and/or environmental damage.
US08631607B2	Window regulator assembly for a vehicle In an aspect, the invention is directed to a combination of a carrier and a pulley assembly. The pulley assembly includes a pulley having an associated pulley rotation axis, a pulley bearing member and a pulley fastener. The pulley fastener connects the pulley assembly to the carrier. The pulley bearing member includes a pulley assembly bending load bearing surface. The carrier is mountable to a vehicle and includes a pulley fastener mount for receiving the pulley fastener. The carrier further includes a carrier bending load bearing surface that engages the pulley bending load bearing surface. The pulley assembly bending load bearing surface is generally conical about the pulley rotation axis and tapers outwardly in a direction axially towards the pulley. The carrier bending load bearing surface is generally inner-conical about the pulley rotation axis.
US08631606B2	Automatically sealing tiltable door panel system A sliding door system can include a tiltable sealing mechanism such that, when a door panel is slid to a closed configuration, one or more seal elements form a seal between the door panel and its surroundings at the top, bottom, and/or sides of the door to reduce or prevent infiltration or communication of gases or liquids such as air or water. Manual or motor driven movement of the panel can move an actuation mechanism to extend the seals around the door. The sealing member can include weather stripping, brush or another seal element for sealing contact with a header, floor, door, frame, or other surface. Multiple door panels can be arranged to form a door panel system.
US08631602B2	Non-invasive accessory mount for a firearm An improved accessory mount comprising a custom recoil spring guide assembly and a rail sleeve assembly. The custom spring guide assembly comprises a custom recoil spring guide rod having a tip and a shoulder, and a hollow custom recoil spring plug comprising a cylinder and a recessed collar. The rail sleeve assembly comprises a front plate, a sleeve incorporating a integral rails, and an attachment means, such as a retaining hole. A hollow boss having a rim is rigidly connected to the interior face of the front plate, and the front plate is securely connected to the sleeve. To attach the sleeve to the handgun, the tip of the custom rod is inserted into the boss causing the rim to be seated on the shoulder to create a first non-invasive point of fixity. The retaining hole in an extension of the sleeve fits snugly over the slidestop pin extension, thereby creating a second non-invasive point of fixity when the pin is inserted into the hole. The accessories can then be removably attached to the rails by means standard in the industry.
US08631596B2	Material-handling bucket with scraper blade An improved material handling bucket assembly is configured for construction or agricultural front loading or backhoe applications. Scraper and grader blades pivotally mounted relative to the bucket bottom cooperatively move to provide normal bucket operation, or scraping, or grading operations. A scraper blade selectively rotates between a first position closing an opening through the bottom wall of the bucket to a second position extending below the bucket for removing ground soil during a scraping operation and directing the removed soil into a collection chamber of the bucket. A single power source and linkage assembly controls movement of the scraper and grader blades, which also cooperatively move to change the size of the opening in the bottom wall during a scraping operation.
US08631592B2	Adjustable athletic positioning apparatus and applications thereof An apparatus for use as at least part of a sole of a shoe or as at least part of an insole of the shoe, the apparatus comprises a fixed section that provides a positioning of a big toe area at a lower position than a heel area and/or at a lower position than an outer edge area, and an adjustable section associated with the fixed section, wherein the adjustable section adjusts at least one of the lower positioning of the big toe area with respect to the heel area and the lower positioning of the big toe area with respect to the outer edge area.
US08631589B2	Article of footwear incorporating floating tensile strands An article of footwear may have a sole structure and an upper that includes at least one layer and a plurality of strands. The layer extends from a lace region of the upper to a lower region of the upper. The strands are located adjacent to the layer and in contact with the layer, and the strands extend from the lace region to the lower region. Additionally, the strands are unsecured to the layer for a distance of at least five centimeters in an area between the lace region and the lower region.
US08631584B2	Level A level for indicating the orientation of a surface includes a first planar surface, a second planar surface, and a web coupled to the first planar surface and the second planar surface such that the first planar surface is spaced apart from and is parallel to the second planar surface. A vial defines a long axis and contains a liquid and a gas bubble. The vial is coupled to the web such that the long axis is substantially parallel to the first planar surface. A tube deburring portion is coupled to the web and includes a male conical portion arranged to deburr an inner edge of a tube and a female conical portion arranged to deburr an outer edge of the tube.
US08631582B2	Reciprocating electric shaver A reciprocating electric shaver includes: a rotary motor; a pair of driving elements to which inner blades are individually attached; and a conversion mechanism coupled to the rotary motor and the corresponding driving element to convert rotating motion of the rotary motor to reciprocating motion of the pair of driving elements. Each driving element and coupling members coupled to the driving elements constitute driving blocks. The driving blocks include balance adjusters provided on the opposite sides of a rotation axis of the rotary motor from the driving elements included in the driving blocks, respectively.
US08631581B2	Method for forming a wheel bearing apparatus A method for forming a wheel bearing apparatus where the end portion of the cylindrical portion is pre-formed as a cylinder prior to its plastic deformation to form the caulking portion. A caulking tool with a punch and a swing shaft abuts against the end portion of the cylinder at a predetermined inclined angle relative to the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder. Teeth on the punch form the face-spline by plastically deforming the end face of the caulking portion. The swing shaft central axis is inclined at an angle relative to a central axis of the wheel hub. The face-spline is formed simultaneously with the formation of the caulking portion by advancing the caulking tool toward the wheel hub. A main shaft is rotated to cause a swing motion of the caulking tool.
US08631579B2	Method for manufacturing injection hole member A lead hole is formed in a base material of an injection hole member with a straight punch, and then, a taper hole is formed in the base material by widening the lead hole with a taper punch. An intersection line between a virtual plane perpendicular to a central axis of the lead hole and an inner peripheral surface of the lead hole is elliptic in shape, whose major axis is directed along an intersection line between a virtual plane, which includes the central axis of the lead hole and a thickness direction axis of the base material, and the virtual plane perpendicular to the central axis of the lead hole. An intersection line between a virtual plane perpendicular to a central axis of the taper punch and an outer peripheral surface of the taper punch is round in shape.
US08631570B2	Through wafer vias with dishing correction methods Methods of forming through wafer vias (TWVs) and standard contacts in two separate processes to prevent copper first metal layer puddling and shorts are presented. In one embodiment, a method may include forming a TWV into a substrate and a first dielectric layer over the substrate; forming a second dielectric layer over the substrate and the TWV; forming, through the second dielectric layer, at least one contact to the TWV and at least one contact to other structures over the substrate; and forming a first metal wiring layer over the second dielectric layer, the first metal wiring layer contacting at least one of the contacts.
US08631555B1	Sealing shrink wrap machine There is provided a method for manufacturing and shipping a multi-station packaging machine to an ultimate customer by manufacturing the machine as individual modules, each of which has a weight limitation not exceeding 35 pounds and a size limitation not exceeding 24 inches in length, 18 inches in height and 24 inches in width. Each module is manufactured with disengageable engagement means to permit the modules to be easily interconnected into a working packaging machine, and individualized custom power supply connectors to insure proper power supply to each of the modules requiring power.
US08631550B2	Tool for attaching/removing a mower blade cutting insert An impact tool for removal and attachment of a mower blade cutting edge insert of the type demountably attached with a press fit wedging connection in a recessed end surface of the mower blade, the tool body having a U-shaped slot permitting the slot to receive and straddle adjacent edges of the mower blade and the insert when the latter is in the recessed end surface portion, sliding movement of the tool along the edges causes a contacting abutment in the bottom of the U-shaped slot to engage one or the other ends of the edge insert to drive the insert into or detach it from an operative press fit attachment.
US08631549B2	Method for manufacturing multilayer electronic component A method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic capacitor includes a step of preparing a laminate which has a first principal surface, a second principal surface, a first end surface, a second end surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface and which includes insulating layers and internal electrodes having end portions exposed at the first or second end surface; a step of forming external electrodes on the first and second end surfaces such that plating deposits are formed on the exposed end portions of the internal electrodes so as to be connected to each other; and a step of forming thick end electrodes electrically connected to the external electrodes such that a conductive paste is applied onto edge portions of the first and second principal surfaces and first and second side surfaces of the laminate and then baked.
US08631545B2	Water activated ejector mechanism for rotary buckle assembly Disclosed is a rotary buckle assembly for harness. The assembly is adapted to selectively secure or eject the tongue plates for the straps of the harness. The buckle assembly includes a mechanism for automatically releasing the harness in the presence of water.
US08631542B2	Torque-adjustable hinge A hinge includes a pivot shaft defining a friction surface and a positioning surface on the periphery thereof in such a manner that the radius between the center of axis of the pivot shaft and the friction surface is greater than the radius between the center of axis of the pivot shaft and the positioning surface, an upright bearing portion extended from one side of the base portion, a circularly curved constraint portion, an elastic buffer portion connected between the upright bearing portion and the circularly curved constraint portion, an opening defined between the free end of the circularly curved constraint portion and the base portion remote from the upright bearing portion and a flexible space defined between the elastic buffer portion and the friction surface for absorbing stress generated upon displacement of the circularly curved constraint portion due to rotation of the pivot shaft relative to the knuckle.
US08631540B2	Canister attachment for leaf blowers/vacuums A canister attachment for leaf blowers/vacuums is an apparatus that attaches to existing yard waste leaf blower/vacuum's to provide a user with a facilitated means to collect solid animal waste or other debris deposited on the ground. The apparatus comprises a suction nozzle assembly, a canister, a suction duct, a support assembly, and a leaf blower/vacuum. The suction nozzle assembly comprises a canister mount and a nozzle. The canister comprises a nozzle mount, a lateral surface, a filter plate, a duct opening, and a first and second chamber. The suction duct comprises a duct canister mount, a channel, and a leaf blower/vacuum mount. The configuration of these components provides the user with a mobile accessory that utilizes the suction from existing conventional leaf blowers/vacuums to siphon animal waste through the nozzle and into the canister. Furthermore, the apparatus provides an exhaust catch to prevent accidental discharge through the leaf blower/vacuum.
US08631535B2	Articulated, multiple cleaning surface cleaning tool and method An extendable cleaning tool with multiple, cleaning, agitating and wiping implements, each being simultaneously in ready-for-use configuration and proximity during a waterless cleaning operation, requiring axial rotation of the tool's pole for positioning for use and without requiring multiple repositioning of the tool's distal end between the user's location and the proximity of a to-be-cleaned surface area during waterless cleaning of that surface area.
US08631534B2	Toothbrush The invention includes a toothbrush including a toothbrush handle and a toothbrush head having an end proximal a toothbrush handle, an end distal to the toothbrush handle, a dorsal surface for holding at least one toothbrush bristle, a ventral surface opposite the dorsal surface, first and second sides disposed between the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the toothbrush head, and a plurality of gum cushions disposed on each of the sides of the toothbrush head, where the height of the respective gum cushions tapers from the proximal end of the toothbrush head to the distal end of the toothbrush head.
US08631522B2	Neck guard for use in a salon/barber industry sink A neck guard for a salon/barber industry sink, wherein the sink has an indentation in a lip of the sink to accommodate a person's neck. One embodiment includes a cushioning portion which is curved to fit on top of the indentation, a stabilizing portion which extends downward from the cushioning portion, and a removable cover sheet which is positioned on an upper surface of the cushioning portion. The cushioning portion is rubber having a first durometer and the stabilizing portion is having a second, higher durometer. The stabilizing portion includes front and rear sidewalls, wherein the front sidewall is longer than the rear sidewall. The sidewalls have inner surfaces configured to contact the wall of the sink, wherein the inner surfaces have a traction pattern. One embodiment has a weight of at least one pound.
US08631519B1	Toilet cleanser and deodorizer dispenser A toilet cleanser and deodorizer dispenser adapted for placement inside a toilet tank that includes a hanger for hanging the dispenser from the top of the sidewall of the tank, a dispenser housing into which a liquid cleanser and/or deodorizer obtained from any source is inserted into a collapsible bag, and means for controlling the rate at which cleanser and/or deodorizer is dispensed from the dispenser into a toilet bowl as water entering the dispenser forces cleanser and/or deodorizer out of the dispenser.
US08631518B1	Shock absorbing, stretchable fabric, head cap for receipt under a head protection helmet A light weight, shock absorbing, shock dissipating, moisture absorbing, stretchable fabric, head cap designed for receipt under a hard shell helmet and over a head of a helmet user. The head cap includes thin sheets of shock absorbing and shock dissipating foam pads. The foam pads are used to limit a shock load or pressure applied to the head. Also, the foam pads help spread the load over a large surface area of the head, thus reducing a potential head injury or potential concussion to the wearer of the head cap. The foam pads are received between a moisture wicking fabric inner liner and an outer liner. The head cap also includes a moisture absorbing head band and head band ties for securing the head band on the user's head.
US08631517B1	Fabric fastener adjustably located between two prefabricated garment buttons A garment securing device and adjustable positioning thereof. The garment securing device is a fabric fastener adjustably located between two prefabricated garment buttons. The fabric fastener adapted to secure a first shirt panel to a second shirt panel of a dress shirt including a collar button, a first torso button, and a second torso button, all symmetrically positioned and including associated eyelets. The fabric fastener includes a clothing button firmly attached with an adhesive to a first permanent magnet. The combination of a second permanent magnet and the first permanent magnet is to provide an alignment and the securing of the first shirt panel and the second shirt panel to each other between the first torso button and the second torso button.
US08631516B2	Hood for protective garment The invention relates to a hood (1), particularly for a clothing item (2), preferably for protective and/or military purposes, such as an NBC protective garment (suit) or the like, wherein the hood (1) comprises a circumferential (i.e. peripheral) elastic hem (3) for forming a face opening (4), said face opening (4) being provided for receiving a respirator (5), and the hem (3) abutting the respirator (5) in the use state. To achieve or improve the sealing of the transition area between hem (3) and respirator (5), the side of the hem (3) that faces into the face opening (4) is provided with at least one circumferential sealing element (6) for closeout abutment of the respirator (5).
US08631515B2	Bikini top with friction locking cord adjustment system Swim tops having a friction locking cord adjustment system are described. The swim top may have a pair of friction locking adjustment terminal ends. Each friction locking adjustment terminal end may be secured to an end of one of a pair of neck cords of the swim top. The friction locking adjustment terminal ends may be slidably affixed to the opposing neck cord of the swim top to permit the fit of the top to be adjusted. The friction locking adjustment terminal ends may be comprised of adjustment buckles or slidable knots. Adjustment buckles may include two or more silicone coated pads having holes for threading the cords of the swim top. A friction enhancing pattern may be proximate to the holes of the adjustment buckles. The friction enhancing pattern may engage the cord passing through that hole when the swim top is worn to enhance the secure fit of the swim top.
US08635708B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for parental control synchronization with mobile media devices Systems and methods are operable to enforce parental controls at a mobile media device. An exemplary embodiment establishes a communication link between the mobile media device and a local media device, receives parental control setting information from the local media device at the mobile media device, receives at least one media content event and rating information associated with the received media content event at the mobile media device, compares at the mobile media device the rating information associated with the received at least one media content event with the parental control setting information received from the local media device, and prevents presentation of the at least one media content event by the mobile media device if the rating information associated with the received media content event violates the parental control setting information.
US08635702B2	Determining technology-appropriate remediation for vulnerability A machine-actionable memory comprises one or more machine-actionable records arranged according to a data structure. Such a data structure may include links that respectively map between: a RID field, the contents of which denote an identification (ID) of a remediation (RID); at least one TID field, the contents of which denotes an ID of at least two technologies (TIDs), respectively; and at least one ACTID field, the contents of which denotes an ID of an action (ACTID). A method, of selecting a remediation that is appropriate to a technology present on a machine to be remediated, may include: providing such a machine-actionable memory; and indexing into the memory using a given RID value and a given TID value to determine values of the at-least-one ACTID corresponding to the given RID value and appropriate to the given TID value.
US08635694B2	Systems and methods for malware classification Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for detection, classification and reporting of malicious software. A method comprises loading software code into a computer system memory and emulating the software code. The software code and its activity log are then analyzed for presence of a malware. If a malware is detected, an execution flow graph is created from the activity log. The execution flow graph is then parsed using heuristic analysis to identify one or more malicious behavior patterns therein. Then, similarity indexes between the identified malicious behavior patterns and one or more malicious behavior patterns associated with known classes of malware are computed. The emulated software code is then classified into one or more classes of malware based on the computed similarity indexes. Finally, a comprehensive malware report of the emulated software code is generated based on the execution flow graph and malware classification information.
US08635692B2	System and method for user friendly detection of spammers A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method involves: providing to a first client computing device a first instance of a first software program that includes a first secret ID value; receiving a first account creation request that includes the first secret ID value; associating the first account creation request with the first client computing device; and approving the first account creation request and creating a first account for the first client computing device if less than a first threshold of previous account creation requests that include the first secret ID value have been previously received, and a presumption that the first client computing device is a spammer does not apply; or denying the first account creation request if either the number of previously received account creation requests that include the first secret ID value is equal to or greater than the first threshold, or the presumption that the first client computing device is a spammer applies.
US08635682B2	Propagating security identity information to components of a composite application Various methods and systems for propagating identity information in a composite application are presented. State data of a composite application, as executed for a particular entity, may be transferred to and stored by a computer-readable storage medium. The state data may include a portion of a set of subject information linked with the entity. A security attribute of the subject may not be present in the portion of the set of subject information in the state data transferred to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. After a period of time, such as an hour or a day, the state data of the composite application as executed for the entity may be retrieved and the security attribute of the set of subject information linked with the entity may be determined. The composite application may then continue to be executed for the entity.
US08635675B2	Integrated circuits as a service Technologies are generally described for provisioning and managing access to FPGAs as a service. In some examples, a system for allowing provisioning management for shared FPGA use and access control to enable a user's processes to access their custom programmed FPGA may accept user packages for compilation to an FPGA in communication with datacenter servers. The user packages may be imaged to the FPGA with an added management payload, and a driver and user key may be employed to allow selective access to the FPGA as a service for datacenter virtual machines. Together these elements allow a datacenter to provision rentable integrated circuits as a service (ICaaS). Additional services such as billing tracking, provision management, and access control may be provided to users allowing them to realize lower cost while the datacenter realizes greater return.
US08635665B2	Secure legacy media peripheral association with authentication in a media exchange network Aspects for secure access and communication of information in a distributed media network may include detecting when a legacy media peripheral is connected to a PC and/or a media processing system on the distributed media network. One or more identifiers associated with the legacy media peripheral may be established and utilized to facilitate communication of the legacy media peripheral over the distributed media network. At least one legacy media peripheral identifier and at least one identifier of a user utilizing the legacy media peripheral may be requested. The legacy media peripheral identifier may be a serial number of the legacy media peripheral, while the user identifier may be a user password and/or a user name. Media peripheral association software may be executed on the PC and/or the media processing system and utilized for media peripheral association and authentication in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
US08635660B2	Dynamic constraints for query operations Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing dynamic and/or conditional constraints on queries based on an external security policy. In one embodiment, a method is provided which comprises receiving from a user a request to access a resource. A condition clause can be read from a grant statement defined in the security policy. The grant statement can define permission for the user to access the requested resource. In some cases, the grant statement can comprise a Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) grant statement. A query associated with the requested access can be modified based on the permission granted to the user. The modified query can then be made to perform the requested access.
US08635652B2	Method and apparatus for supporting mobility in a mobile broadcasting system A method and apparatus for supporting mobility in a mobile broadcasting system in which Electronic Service Guide (ESG) discovery is required. The mobility support is classified into three ways according to three different aspects. The first way is to provide roaming information for a local IPDC operator having a roaming partner among local IPDC operators. In the second way, a terminal transmits a query message for requesting transmission of information on a particular local IPDC operator, and receives information on the particular local IPDC operator in response thereto. The third way is to provide the terminal with type information of an ESG; an access type of which is classified according to provision of a roaming service. The roaming information, the information on the particular local IPDC operator and the type information of the ESG, which are provided to the terminal from the mobile broadcasting system, can be provided in an ESG bootstrap level.
US08635646B2	Program guide apparatus A method acquires program guide information in an image signal receiver, and program guide method and apparatus using the same. In the program guide apparatus, information immediately required by a user is obtained first, and information of less preferential channels is obtained next, thus presenting a smooth interface to the user. The method of acquiring program guide information for channels includes acquiring the program guide information for each channel by scanning accessible channels while a received program is not displayed. The program guide apparatus includes a tuner tuning a channel, a program guide information detector, a memory, a key input, a microprocessor, and a character signal generator.
US08635642B2	Apparatus and method for parental control using V-Chip plus+ and master password A method and apparatus for exercising access control over television programs using a parental control user interface that has different functions is provided. The method requires a password to enter into a master mode for obtaining access to all the functions of the parental control user interface. Once in the master mode, the user may enter a criterion for blocking a television program from being viewed or recorded or the user can override an already blocked television program.If a user, not in the master mode, attempts to watch or record a program that meets the blocking criterion and the program does not meet the overriding criterion, a prompt is provided to the user to enter the password. Upon entering a correct password, the program is unblocked.
US08635638B2	Method of determining profiles for widget channel viewers In a digital content entertainment system, attributes vectors storing values for attributes of each of a plurality of widgets installed in the digital content entertainment system are obtained. A profiler component automatically creates at least one profile of a viewer of the digital content entertainment system by performing a spectral clustering process on the attributes vectors. The digital content entertainment system proactively obtains and presents digital content of interest to the viewer on a display of the digital content entertainment system based on the automatically generated viewer profile.
US08635624B2	Resource management using environments Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive time-based reservation requests for predefined resource environments comprising resource types that include hardware, software, and data, among others. Additional activities may include detecting a conflict between at least one of the resource types in a first one of the predefined resource environments and at least one of the resource types in a second one of the predefined resource environments, and resolving the conflict in favor of the first one of the predefined resource environments by reserving additional resource elements in a cloud computing architecture and/or reserving a less capable version of the second one of the predefined resource environments. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08635621B2	Method and apparatus to implement software to hardware thread priority The invention relates to a method and apparatus for execution scheduling of a program thread of an application program and executing the scheduled program thread on a data processing system. The method includes: providing an application program thread priority to a thread execution scheduler; selecting for execution the program thread from a plurality of program threads inserted into the thread execution queue, wherein the program thread is selected for execution using a round-robin selection scheme, and wherein the round-robin selection scheme selects the program thread based on an execution priority associated with the program thread bit; placing the program thread in a data processing execution queue within the data processing system; and removing the program thread from the thread execution queue after a successful execution of the program thread by the data processing system.
US08635613B1	Systems and methods for virtual machine packaging of software A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for the packaging of software. A plurality of workflow modules is implemented for the management of software packaging operations. An admin workflow module is implemented on an administrator system, which determines a software package to be assigned to a remote user for software packaging operations. The assignment is then routed to a remote user workflow module implemented on the remote user's system. The admin workflow module determines the virtual machine (VM) configuration requirements of the software packaging operation. If an existing VM with the required configured is not available, then instructions are provided to a virtual machine manager (VMM) to generate a VM with the required configuration. The software package is then loaded and control of the VM is released to the remote user through a virtual private network (VPN) connection. The remote user then performs the assigned software packaging operation. Support resources, if required, are provided through a plurality of collaboration modules.
US08635610B2	Management system and management method A system for managing a component or application determines whether to allow changeover of a component, which is used by an application, or launch of an application in accordance with amount of resources set for a component and used by the component.
US08635608B2	Software update system and method There is provided a method, system and computer program for updating at least one component in a multi-component software application. The method includes receiving application data describing characteristics of the software application, receiving update data describing at least one update applicable to the software application and reviewing the application data and update data to determine whether the at least one update is applied to the software application.
US08635604B2	System and method for converting graphical call flows into finite state machines A method, system and module for automatically converting a call flow into a state-based representation are disclosed. The method comprises walking a call flow and converting each page of the call flow into a rule of a higher level representation of the call flow, augmenting the higher level representation with terminal symbols representing state variable assignments and comparisons associated with decision and computation shapes in the call flow and converting the higher level representation into a state-based representation.
US08635602B2	Verification of information-flow downgraders A method includes determining grammar for output of an information-flow downgrader in a software program. The software program directs the output of the information-flow downgrader to a sink. The method includes determining whether the grammar of the output conforms to one or more predetermined specifications of the sink. The method includes, in response to a determination the grammar of the output conforms to the one or more predetermined specifications of the sink, determining the information-flow downgrader is verified for the sink, wherein determining grammar, determining whether the grammar, and determining the information-flow downgrader are performed via static analysis of the software program. Apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed. An apparatus includes a user interface providing a result of whether or not output of an information-flow downgrader in the software program conforms to one or more predetermined specifications of a sink in the software program.
US08635601B2	Method of calculating key performance indicators in a manufacturing execution system Key performance indicators, herein after referred as KPIs, are calculated within a manufacturing execution system. The calculation is performed by defining a custom KPI set at engineering time. In the case that the custom KPI definition is valid, a function code for calculating each custom KPI belonging to the custom KPI set is, automatically generated, through a software framework with support for code generation, at engineering time. At a runtime, a calculation is requested of a given custom KPI belonging to the custom KPI set. In the case that the calculation request is valid, at runtime, the calculation function code of the given custom KPI is executed.
US08635598B2	Automatic code decoration for code review The automated generation of code decoration for a body of code under review. Upon accessing the body of code, the system evaluates portions of the code for context. For at least some of those portions of code, the system identifies a decoration corresponding to that context, and adds the identified decoration to the body of code in a manner that the decoration is visually associated with the corresponding portion of the code.
US08635596B2	Model-based event processing Model-based event processing is described. In an embodiment, a model of a system includes managed entities and relationships between the managed entities. Events associated with the managed entities are identified and determined to be correlated if the managed entities with which the events are associated have a relationship according to the model.
US08635592B1	Method and system for tailoring software functionality Systems and methods for tailoring the functionality of software applications are disclosed. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention may tailor the functionality of a software application by tailoring the features of the interfaces of the software application presented to a user based on one or more maturity levels of the user. In this manner, the set of features, and thus the functionality or complexity of a software application, may be tailored to the maturity levels of a user.
US08635586B1	Method and system for providing services in modeled components A system for providing one or more services in modeled components is described. An example system comprises a request detector, an entity component, and a service component. The request detector may be configured to receive requests to create modeled components. The entity builder may be configured to create entities associated with models. The services designer may be configured to create service components. A service component includes one or more functions that can be called from a property of an entity in the modeled component.
US08635584B2	Tutorial systems for code creation and provenance tracking The disclosed embodiments of computer systems and techniques facilitate creation and retrieval of software code. Provenance tracking at the step level allows for each step to be tracked to its original creator and to various remixes of the original in the line of provenance.
US08635581B1	Method and apparatus for single event upset (SEU) detection and correction A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for performing single event upset detection and correction are disclosed. For example, the method comprises: setting, by a processor, at least one starting address for each of a plurality of rows of a design for an integrated circuit, setting, by the processor, at least one ending address for each of the plurality of rows of the design, and performing, by the processor, the single event upset detection and correction scan in parallel, from the at least one starting address for each of the plurality of rows to the at least one ending address for each of the plurality of rows.
US08635575B2	System and method to improve chip yield, reliability and performance Improving semiconductor chip yield and reliability by connecting adjacent metal traces that are on a same network with metal shorts. This reduces and/or eliminates the need for redundant vias formerly employed in semiconductor chip design. Additionally, the metal shorts are placed in conformance with one or more pre-determined design rules. Once placed, the metal shorts are checked to ensure that each metal short connects groundrule clean, thereby ensuring the placement is correct-by-construction.
US08635569B2	Apparatus and method of generating universal memory I/O A universal memory I/O generating apparatus includes a defining module, a retrieving module, a generating module, and a layout module. The defining module defines a mapping table according to a pin configuration of a plurality of I/Os. The mapping table includes corresponding relationships between the plurality of IOs and a plurality of memory functions. The retrieving module retrieves control information corresponding to the mapping table from candidate information, which is associated with the corresponding relationships between the plurality of I/Os and the plurality of memory functions. The generating module generates a hardware description language (HDL) file according to the control information. The layout module programs the plurality of I/Os according to the HDL file, so that each of the I/Os can correspond to its corresponding memory function.
US08635568B2	Semiconductor device and designing method of the same A semiconductor device includes a control target circuit section and a voltage control section configured to dynamically control a supply voltage to the control target circuit section. The control target circuit section includes a delay monitor circuit configured to measure a delay in the control target circuit section as a monitor delay and a target delay register configured to store target delay data for a target value of the monitor delay and which is set before the measuring of the delay, based on an external signal. The delay monitor circuit compares the monitor delay and the target delay and sends a comparison resultant signal to the voltage control section to show a result of the comparison. The voltage control section controls the supply voltage based on the comparison resultant signal such that the monitor delay approaches to the target delay.
US08635563B2	Mask data producing method and mask data producing program Obtaining a function by convoluting a function representing a light intensity distribution formed by an illumination apparatus on a pupil plane of a projection optical system and a pupil function of the projection optical system. Calculating a Fourier transformed function by Fourier transforming the product of the obtained function and a diffracted light distribution from a pattern on an object plane of the projection optical system. Producing data of the pattern of the mask based on the Fourier transformed function.
US08635551B1	Graphic user interface and software for processing large size signal data samples in a small buffer using automatically adjusted decimation ratio A method for rapidly analyzing and editing data files with a number of GUI's and an adaptive decimation ratio in a computer allows processing data files and signal data files within a given data segment for a better fit into a limited-size working space buffer and provides improved resolution of data segments in a simplified way using GUI's that allow the user to point and click at a computer screen instead of performing manual calculations. A large data segment is adaptively decimated to a smaller size automatically so that a lower resolution version of the data segment will be loaded into a fixed-size small buffer in hardware working space for further data editing. The decimation and loading process will be repeated until the user finds the desired data-section of interest.
US08635539B2	Web-based language translation memory compilation and application Suggested edits to translated text are enabled to be provided by users. The suggested edits are associated with the translated text in a content database. A subsequent user may view the translated text and any associated suggested edits. The subsequent user may be enabled to approve a suggested edit to the translated text. The translated text is enabled to be displayed as modified according to the approved suggested edit. This may include enabling multiple instances of the translated text to be displayed as modified according to the suggested edit if the translated text occurs multiple times (e.g., appears multiple times in one or more documents) in the content database. Further users that attempt to view the translated text in a document of the content database will be provided with the modified version of the translated text.
US08635533B2	Method and device for scheduling follow-up events A device and method for scheduling follow-up events in relation to an existing event record. The device receives an input follow-up request associated with the existing event record and automatically generates a follow-up event record having information in its field populated using the information contained in the existing event record. The date of the follow-up event is automatically generated based upon the date of the existing event record. If the existing event record is a recurring event, then the date of the follow-up event is based on the frequency of recurrence. The follow-up event record may be displayed for user editing and may be transmitted to the attendees to propose scheduling of the follow-up event.
US08635529B2	Page turning in electronic document readers An electronic document reader includes a display configured to display at least a page of an electronic document, a memory configured to store indications of sets of pages of the electronic document, a user interface for receiving commands, and a processor connected to the display, the memory, and the user interface. The processor is configured to cause pages to be displayed on the display. In response to a first command, the processor can use a random number generator to select a new page to display from a first set of pages, the first set of pages excluding a second set of previously displayed pages.
US08635520B2	Systems and methods for collaboratively annotating electronic documents Systems and methods for sharing annotations associated with an electronic document. The annotations are created by one or more annotation authors and are shared with one or more other users. A method includes determining frequently annotated portions of the electronic document and providing indicators within the electronic document of the frequently annotated portions. In one embodiment, frequently used words within the annotations are also indicated within the text of the electronic document. In addition, or in another embodiment, the annotations can be searched based on a user's location within the electronic document.
US08635512B2	Memory system with page-based iterative decoding structure and page-based iterative decoding method thereof A method of iteratively decoding data transferred through a channel is provided. The method may include iteratively decoding each sector of 1 to N sectors of the data in continuous succession until all N sectors are decoded, wherein upon determination of successful completion of iterative decoding corresponding to a current sector of the N sectors, immediately initiating iterative decoding a next sector of the N sectors.
US08635511B2	Data processing apparatus, control device and data storage device When write data D is high rewritten data, a PC 10 controls a DRAM 24 to store the write data D (steps S100 and S110). When the write data D is not the high rewritten data, the PC 10 outputs an RRAM write request signal and the write data D to an SSD (step S100 and S120). A memory controller of the SSD input the RRAM write request signal controls the RRAM and an SRAM to store the write data D in the RRAM or the SRAM. This treatment enables data stored in the DRAM to be rewritten frequently. Therefore, the decrease of number of times of refresh operation of the DRAM and the decrease of power consumption are accomplished.
US08635495B2	Systems and methods for classifying power network failures Systems and methods for classifying a possible failure in a power network are provided. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving network device status information for multiple network devices in communication with a communications network and capable of receiving primary power from a power network; and determining that a possible power network failure exists based on a first portion of the network devices associated with an inactive status and a second portion of the network devices associated with an active status, wherein the first portion comprises network devices without battery back-up capabilities and the second portion comprises network devices with battery back-up capabilities.
US08635489B1	System and method for managing group policy backup A method, system and program product for group policy backup management in a network having a plurality of domains including components and modules for steps of retrieving a list of group policy objects for a domain, generating a configuration initialization file including a domains section identifying a plurality of domains that are to be backed up and a setup section specifying a plurality of values that control the backup of each policy object in each domain, determining a digital signature for each policy object on a list of policies for the domain, comparing the digital signature for each policy object with a corresponding previous digital signature for each policy, determining if a current digital signature for each policy object matches the corresponding previous digital signature for a policy, and backing up a policy object having a current digital signature that does not match the corresponding previous digital signature.
US08635488B2	Implementing ultra high availability personality card A method and circuit for implementing an enhanced availability personality card for a chassis computer system, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The personality card includes a first erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) and a second EPROM, each EPROM storing Vital Product Data (VPD) and a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor sensing temperature. A primary bidirectional bus and a redundant bidirectional bus are respectively connected between the first EPROM and the first temperature sensor and the second EPROM and the second temperature sensor, and a pair of chassis management modules. Each chassis management module includes a switch connected to both the primary bidirectional bus and the redundant bidirectional bus providing redundant paths, enabling continued function with failure of any critical personality card component.
US08635484B2	Event based correlation of power events Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with event based correlation of power events are described. One example method includes storing a power distribution unit (PDU) event data that identifies an occurrence of a suspected power event associated with a device. The method can then provide a PDU-server correlation signal that identifies a connection between a PDU and a device.
US08635482B2	Motherboard with delay circuit A motherboard includes an I/O chip, a south bridge chip, and a delay circuit. The I/O chip detects a standby voltage on the motherboard and outputs an indicating signal that indicates whether the standby voltage is at high level. The south bridge chip is connected to the I/O chip to receive the indicating signal. The delay circuit is connected to the I/O chip and the south bridge chip. The delay circuit delays the indicating signal before sending the indicating signal to the south bridge chip.
US08635479B2	Apparatus, system, and method of power saving control, and power saving control program The transition between a normal operation mode and a power save mode of an apparatus is controlled by determining whether a power save mode transition condition is satisfied, the power save mode transition condition defining a condition under which the normal operation mode is to be switched to the power save mode, and sending notification from a sub controller to a main controller when the power save mode transition condition is satisfied.
US08635476B2	Decentralized power management distributed among multiple processor cores A multi-core processor provides a configurable resource shared by two or more cores, wherein configurations of the resource affect the power, speed, or efficiency with which the cores sharing the resource are able to operate. Internal core power state management logic configures each core to participate in a de-centralized inter-core power state discovery process to discover a composite target power state for the shared resource that is a most restrictive or power-conserving state that will not interfere with any of the corresponding target power states of each core sharing the resource. The internal core power state management logic determines whether the core is a master core authorized to configure the resource, and if so, configures that resource in the discovered composite power state. The de-centralized power state discovery process is carried out between the cores on sideband, non-system bus wires, without the assistance of centralized non-core logic.
US08635474B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control an operation of an image forming unit, and a second control unit configured to be capable of communicating with the first control unit and transmitting information associated with forming an image to the first control unit. The image forming apparatus has a normal operation mode in which an image forming operation is performed, a first power-saving operation mode in which an operation of the first control unit is stopped, and a second power-saving operation mode in which supplying of electric power to the second control unit is stopped. In the first power-saving operation mode, the second control unit determines whether to switch into the normal operation mode from the first power-saving operation mode. In the second power-saving operation mode, the first control unit determines whether to switch into the normal operation mode from the second power-saving operation mode.
US08635473B2	Powered device classification in a wired data telecommunications network In a wired data telecommunication network power sourcing equipment (PSE) coupled to a powered device (PD) carries out an inline power discovery process to verify that the PD is adapted to receive inline power, then a plurality of classification cycles are carried out to convey a series of inline power classes back to the PSE. The series of inline power classes may all be the same, in which case the PD is legacy equipment and is adapted to receive the power level corresponding to that class. If they are not all the same, information is thus conveyed to the PSE which may, for example, correspond to a specific power level to be applied or to other information.
US08635464B2	Attribute-based access-controlled data-storage system The current application is directed to computationally efficient attribute-based access control that can be used to secure access to stored information in a variety of different types of computational systems. Many of the currently disclosed computationally efficient implementations of attribute-based access control employ hybrid encryption methodologies in which both an attribute-based encryption or a similar, newly-disclosed policy-encryption method as well as a hierarchical-key-derivation method are used to encrypt payload keys that are employed, in turn, to encrypt data that is stored into, and retrieved from, various different types of computational data-storage systems.
US08635456B2	Remote secure authorization The present invention discloses a technique provisioning network cryptographic keys to a client when direct physical transfer is not feasible. In an embodiment of the invention, a client token generates a temporary key encrypted with a first secret key known only in a master token database and passes this on to an enterprise network token of a network to which service is requested. The enterprise network token then further encrypts the encrypted temporary key with a second secret key and passes that on to the master token database. Since the second secret key is also known by the master token database, the originally encrypted temporary key can be securely decoded only by a master token coupled to the master token database. The decrypted temporary key can then be re-encrypted with a key known only by the enterprise network token and the master token, and returned to the enterprise network token. This allows the enterprise network token to gain secure access to the temporary key of the client token, thereby allowing the enterprise network token to securely provision the remote client token with the appropriate enterprise Network Keys.
US08635445B2	Method for digital identity authentication In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an authenticating device (22) receives a first digital identity (43) and a second digital identity (63). The authenticating device (22) uses the second digital identity (63) as a key to a Identity Association Database (24) to retrieve a database entry (33). If the database entry (33) shows an association between the first digital identity (43) and the second digital identity (63), the digital identities are valid and an indication (72) of the validation of existence of association between first digital identity and second digital identity (96) is made by the authenticating device (22).
US08635430B2	Translation of input/output addresses to memory addresses An address provided in a request issued by an adapter is converted to an address directly usable in accessing system memory. The address includes a plurality of bits, in which the plurality of bits includes a first portion of bits and a second portion of bits. The second portion of bits is used to index into one or more levels of address translation tables to perform the conversion, while the first portion of bits are ignored for the conversion. The first portion of bits are used to validate the address.
US08635429B1	Method and apparatus for mapping virtual drives A method and apparatus for mapping virtual drives is described. In one embodiment, the method for mapping virtual drives comprises processing first locations of a plurality of file system objects within a virtual volume and converting the first locations of the plurality of file system objects within the virtual volume into second locations of the plurality of file system objects relative to a virtual drive of at least one virtual drive, wherein the at least one virtual drive form a portion of the virtual volume.
US08635423B1	Methods and apparatus for interfacing to a data storage system A dynamic volume configuration technique is provided which allows storage space within storage devices in the data storage system to be dynamically associated and disassociated (i.e., added and removed) from the volumes on an as-needed basis, without requiring disruption of host activities with respect to the volumes. The persistent identifier of a volume allows all hosts and other data storage systems to “see” the volume. This allows a volume in one data storage system to have associated storage space from another volume in another data storage system. Using these techniques, the invention allows software applications and operating systems on hosts that interface to the data storage system to perceive that a volume is always present on the data storage system, even if storage space understood to be associated with the volume from the host's perspective is allocated elsewhere or is non-existent.
US08635422B1	Systems and methods for reclaiming storage space from deleted volumes on thin-provisioned disks A computer-implemented method for reclaiming storage space from deleted volumes on thin-provisioned disks may include: 1) identifying a deleted volume, 2) identifying storage space on a thin-provisioned disk that was allocated to the deleted volume, 3) saving information that identifies the storage space, 4) identifying a policy that specifies reclaiming the storage space asynchronously with respect to the deleted volume, and then 5) reclaiming the storage space asynchronously with respect to deletion of the volume in accordance with the policy. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08635416B1	Apparatus, method and system for using shadow drives for alternative drive commands A storage processor is configured to identify a first disk drive and a second shadow drive associated with the first disk drive to an initiator. The storage processor receives storage commands from an initiator. When the storage commands access the first disk drive, the storage processor issues a first storage operation to the first disk drive. When the storage commands access the second shadow drive, the storage processor issues different storage operations to the first disk drive that are not supported by the initiator.
US08635408B2	Controlling power of a cache based on predicting the instruction cache way for high power applications A mechanism for accessing a cache memory is provided. With the mechanism of the illustrative embodiments, a processor of the data processing system performs a first execution a portion of code. During the first execution of the portion of code, information identifying which cache lines in the cache memory are accessed during the execution of the portion of code is stored in a storage device of the data processing system. Subsequently, during a second execution of the portion of code, power to the cache memory is controlled such that only the cache lines that were accessed during the first execution of the portion of code are powered-up.
US08635405B2	Computational resource assignment device, computational resource assignment method and computational resource assignment program In a multi-core processor system, cache memories are provided respectively for a plurality of processors. An assignment management unit manages assignment of tasks to the processors. A cache status calculation unit calculates a cache usage status such as a memory access count and a cache hit ratio, with respect to each task. A first processor handles a plurality of first tasks that belong to a first process. If computation amount of the first process exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the assignment management unit refers to the cache usage status to preferentially select, as a migration target task, one of the plurality of first tasks whose memory access count is smaller or whose cache hit ratio is higher. Then, the assignment management unit newly assigns the migration target task to a second processor handling another process different from the first processor.
US08635403B2	Flash memory card-based storage devices with changeable capacity A reconfigurable type of flash memory-based storage device is disclosed. The flash memory-based storage device provides a plurality of mechanisms to accommodate a number of flash memory cards. As the storage capacity of the flash memory cards is increased over the time, so does the flash memory-based storage device by replacing only the flash memory cards.
US08635391B2	Systems and methods for eliminating single points of failure for storage subsystems Systems and methods directed to preventing a single point of failure by utilizing N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). During some procedures used by storage subsystems, such as migration, there is oftentimes only a single path from a host to a storage subsystem, which causes a potential single point of failure for the entire system. By utilizing NPIV, this problem may be mitigated.
US08635388B2	Method and system for an OS virtualization-aware network interface card Aspects of a method and system for an operating system (OS) virtualization-aware network interface card (NIC) are provided. A NIC may provide direct I/O capabilities for each of a plurality of concurrent guest operating systems (GOSs) in a host system. The NIC may comprise a GOS queue for each of the GOSs, where each GOS queue may comprise a transmit (TX) queue, a receive (RX) queue, and an event queue. The NIC may communicate data with a GOS via a corresponding TX queue and RX queue. The NIC may notify a GOS of events such as down link, up link, packet transmission, and packet reception via the corresponding event queue. The NIC may also support unicast, broadcast, and/or multicast communication between GOSs. The NIC may also validate a buffered address when the address corresponds to one of the GOSs operating in the host system.
US08635377B2	Enhancements to data-driven media management within an electronic device A centralized resource manager manages the routing of audio or visual information within a device, including a handheld device such as a smartphone. The resource manager evaluates data-driven policies to determine how to route audio or visual information to or from various input or output components connected to the device, including headphones, built-in speakers, microphones, bluetooth headsets, cameras, and so on. Among the data considered in the policies are connection status data, indicating if a device is connected, routing status data, indicating if a device is permitted to route information to or from a component, and grouping data, indicating logical relationships between various components. Components may be considered inherently routable, automatically routable, or optionally routable. Numerous other uses exist for such data, including providing simpler and more logical management interfaces.
US08635376B2	Computer system input/output management The collection of performance data at multiple servers in a SAN and forwarding that data to a centralized server for analysis is disclosed. Remote agents and a central server application collect specific interesting negative event data to enable a picture of the operational health of the SAN to be determined. The agents are placed in servers having HBAs acting as initiators. The agents interact with the HBAs through a driver stack to collect event data. Because of the initiator function they perform, HBAs have visibility to parts of the network that other entities do not have access to, and thus are ideal locations for gathering event data. A SAN diagnostics manager then pulls the collected data from each agent so that a “picture” of the SAN can be developed. In addition to collecting initiator data, the agents also collect errors and performance data from the OS of the servers.
US08635373B1	Subscription-Notification mechanisms for synchronization of distributed states Apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for synchronizing distributed states amongst a plurality of entities and authenticating devices to access information and/or services provided by a remote server. Synchronization techniques include client devices and remote servers storing buckets of information. The client device sends a subscription request to the remote serve identifying a bucket of information and, when that bucket changes, the remote server sends the change to the client device. Authentication techniques include client devices including unique default credentials that, when presented to a remote server, provide limited access to the server. The client device may obtain assigned credentials that, when presented to the remote server, provide less limited access to the server.
US08635366B2	Communication routing Disclosed a method for routing communication for an individual. The method involves the steps receiving access control information system for the individual to identify the location of the individual. A communication server, such as a soft phone system or and instant messaging client, is updated according to the current location of the individual. In this way the communication server may be configured to route communication to the current location of the individual. Alternatively, the current location of the individual may be displayed in a client device of the communication server, such as a telephone handset or Instant Messaging Client.
US08635363B2	System, method and computer program product to maximize server throughput while avoiding server overload by controlling the rate of establishing server-side network connections A method for maximizing server throughput while avoiding overload of a server is presented. The method involves intercepting, via an interface unit, a client request for information from the server. Next, the interface unit determines the current server performance, where the server performance is based on the number of connections opened to the server, the response time of the server and the rate at which the response time is changing. Finally, the interface unit forwards the client request to the server if the current server performance is close to an optimal performance, whereby avoiding overload of the server.
US08635348B2	Switch fabric service hosting An endpoint node on a switch fabric announces an intent to host a service for the switch fabric. The announcement includes an announcement entry to an announcement record in a data repository maintained at a designated endpoint node on the switch fabric. The announcement entry includes the endpoint node's preference to take a given role to host the service. The endpoint node queries the announcement record to determine what other endpoint nodes have announced an intent to host the service. Based, at least in part, on the query, the endpoint node determines a role it will take to host the service. The endpoint node updates the announcement record to indicate the role.
US08635346B2	Content delivery for client server protocols with user affinities using connection end-point proxies In a network supporting transactions between clients and servers over a network path having operating characteristics to overcome, data is transported to overcome the operating characteristics using user affinities and dynamic user location information to selectively preload data, or representations, signatures, segments, etc. of data, in order to overcome the one or more operating characteristic. Examples of operating characteristics to overcome include bandwidth limitations, errors and latency. The dynamic location information can be stored in data structures accessible by agents of a data server and the data structures are populated based on user activities with respect to proxies associated with user locations, or the dynamic location information can be obtained implicitly as proxies maintain connections after termination by clients and the use of those maintained connections for preloading of data for the users associated with those clients. The data being preloaded can be protocol-specific data or protocol-independent data.
US08635343B2	Method and element for service control A service control element stores a user filter criterion. When it receives a session request identifying the user, it checks whether the session request matches the user filter criterion, and outputs the session request to a defined service platform when the session request matches the user filter criterion. The element is arranged to retrieve, before forwarding the request to the service platform, a capability information element that indicates the dynamic capability of a user to utilize the service provided by the service platform. If the information element indicates that the user is not capable to utilize the service provided by the service platform, the session is terminated. Incoming messages can be appropriately managed already in the network element responsible for service control, and thus additional load and unnecessary charging considerations can be avoided.
US08635331B2	Distributed workflow framework Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to workflows. In aspects, an activity of a workflow may request data and provide a logical handle. In response, distributed workflow components use the logical handle to determine whether the requested data is available locally or remotely. If the data is available remotely, the components may obtain the data for the requesting entity. In the process of obtaining the data, the data may be serialized and deserialized. After the data is available locally, it is provided to the requesting entity.
US08635330B2	Method and system for learning web applications A method and system for automatically learning and identifying web applications. The method discovers and identifies transactions, web applications, their modules, interfaces, and relationship between the modules. The method further includes dynamically creating application definers is provided.
US08635328B2	Determining time varying thresholds for monitored metrics A method and apparatus for determining time-varying thresholds for measured metrics are provided. With the method and apparatus, values of a given metric are captured over time. The behavior of the metric is analyzed to determine its seasonality. Correlated historical values of the metric and additional related metrics (cross-correlation) are used as inputs to a feed-forward back propagation neural network, in order to train the network to generalize the behavior of the metric. From this generalized behavior, point-by-point threshold values are calculated. The metric is monitored and the monitored values are compared with the threshold values to determine if the metric has violated its normal time-varying behavior. If so, an event is generated to notify an administrator of the error condition.
US08635325B2	Method and apparatus for use in remote diagnostics The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for use in remotely diagnosing electronic devices and/or providing content. The method for use in remotely diagnosing includes the initiating a diagnostic analysis of an electronic device, identifying the electronic device, receiving scripts communicated over a distributed network for diagnosing, remotely initiating diagnostic instructions with the scripts and receiving a response based on the instruction. The method can further determine further diagnostic instructions based on responses, and remotely initiate further instructions with the scripts. Additionally, a system for use in remotely diagnosing electronic devices includes a script generator coupled with a distributed network, and a remote diagnostic controller coupled with the distributed network and with an electronic device. The script generator compiles scripts and forwards them over the distributed network. The diagnostic controller implements the scripts to forward instructions to and to receive replies from the electronic device.
US08635308B2	Performance optimization of business processes by stochastic environmental changes Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for optimizing applications, such as applications included in a business process. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving information representative of one or more interfaces and aspects of each of the interfaces. The interfaces may be adjustable by a business process supervisor. The business process supervisor may adjust one or more aspects of the one or more interfaces. The results of the adjustment may be received and used to determine optimum settings to the one or more interfaces. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US08635285B2	Email categorization methods, coding, and tools An electronic mail management system is operable to receive electronic mail message components from a user. Prior to sending of the email message, a plurality of predetermined categories for classifying the electronic message are presented to the user. The email system receives a user selection from the predetermined categories. A determination is made as to whether or not the email recipient is a member of a predetermined class of recipients. The electronic mail is then sent to the recipient. The user selection is embedded within the email message if the recipient is a member of the predetermined class of recipients. Finally, the email is stored in a manner dependent upon the user selection. Similarly, the email management server may also be operable to categorize received email messages. Further, email messages may be selected or programmed to automatically be deleted upon certain events.
US08635276B2	System and network terminal for IP communications A network terminal is capable of running a plurality of user environments in parallel and is connected to an interface device. The network terminal includes a plurality of communication units, a plurality of collaborating units, and a monitoring unit. The plurality of communication units are provided in one to one correspondence with a plurality of user environments. Each communication unit is configured to implement an Internet Protocol telephone call in the corresponding user environment. The plurality of collaborating units are provided in one to one correspondence with the plurality of communication units. Each collaborating unit is configured to perform a collaborative control on the corresponding communication unit and the interface device to thereby establish communications between the interface device and the corresponding communication unit. The monitoring unit monitors whether any of the collaborating units is performing the collaborative control. One of the plurality of collaborating units performs the collaborative control when the subject collaborating unit receives: notification from the monitoring unit indicating that none of the plurality of collaborating units is performing a collaborative control; and notification from the interface device specifying the subject collaborating unit as a specified collaborating unit to perform the collaborating control.
US08635272B2	Method for distributing a list of updated content to a user station from a distribution server wherein the user station may defer installing the update A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to being executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations including upon occurrence of a scheduled time, polling an update distribution server to determine that an update for a computer executable software application is available, the computer executable software application configured to operate on the computing device and in response to determining that the update is available, obtaining the update over the Internet from the update distribution server, and selecting whether to install the update at a first time or to defer installing the update until a second time that is later than the first time.
US08635271B1	Method and system for maintaining client cache coherency in a distributed network system A distributed network system includes a distributed server system and a plurality of client devices that are communicatively coupled to the distributed server system. The distributed server system includes multiple servers, each server including a set of client devices registered with the server. Through client re-registration, a client device can move its registration from one server to another server. Through server-side data replication, an object registration request submitted by a client device to a first server is forwarded to a second server without having the client device submitting the same request to the second server.
US08635270B2	Thread mechanism for media and metadata upload A device receives media objects and metadata associated with the media objects, and utilizes a portion of threads to upload, to a first server, metadata for a portion of the received media objects. The device also utilizes, after the metadata for the portion of the media objects is uploaded, a remaining portion of the threads to upload, to the first server, metadata for a remaining portion of the media objects. The device further utilizes a first thread and a second thread to upload a first two media objects to a second server after the metadata for the remaining portion of the media objects is uploaded, and utilizes, after the first two media objects are uploaded, a third thread and a fourth thread to upload a next two media objects to the second server.
US08635259B2	Barrel shifter A barrel shifter receiving N symbols, arranged n2 distinct groups of n1 symbols, applying a circular shift to the N symbols. The barrel shifter comprises n2 first barrel shifters, each applying a first circular shift to one of the groups of n1 symbols; a rearrangement module receiving the N symbols provided by the first barrel shifters and providing N symbols arranged, in a determined manner, in n1 distinct groups of n2 symbols; n1 second barrel shifters, each applying a second circular shift to one of the distinct groups of n2 symbols; a control module providing, to each first barrel shifter, an identical signal bs_ctrl1 representing the first shift, and providing, to each second barrel shifter, an identical signal bs_ctrl2 representing the second shift; and a switching module switching at least two of the symbols of the N symbols.
US08635257B2	Shift significand of decimal floating point data A decimal floating point finite number in a decimal floating point format is composed from the number in a different format. A decimal floating point format includes fields to hold information relating to the sign, exponent and significand of the decimal floating point finite number. Other decimal floating point data, including infinities and NaNs (not a number), are also composed. Decimal floating point data are also decomposed from the decimal floating point format to a different format. For composition and decomposition, one or more instructions may be employed, including a shift significand instruction.
US08635242B2	Processing queries on hierarchical markup data using shared hierarchical markup trees Disclosed are a method, information processing system, and computer readable medium for processing queries. The method includes receiving a data query for a set of hierarchical markup documents. At least one query path expression is extracted from the data query. The query path is processed against at least one shared hierarchical markup document in a plurality of shared hierarchical markup documents. The plurality of shared hierarchical documents is associated with the set of hierarchical markup documents. In response to the shared hierarchical markup document completely matching the query path expression, a query result for the data query is generated. The query result is based on the processing of the query path expression against at least one of the shared hierarchical markup document and the difference hierarchical markup document.
US08635238B2	Appratus, system and method for an automated stock ledger An inventory stock ledger system, apparatus and method including a process by which one can track inventory efficiently, but can also utilize to perform inventory analysis on a dynamic level. The method includes recording inventory snapshots across various dimensions of a retail business and tracking the inventory levels for select products in to provide real time reports. Central to the apparatus is the idea that inventory can be viewed from a central starting point, and then examined among various dimensions. Inventory management is readily modified and dynamic. The method includes a build capability for examining the inventory levels and snapshots of inventory for a retail market franchise.
US08635234B2	Multi-level multiplexor system for networked browser A multi-level multiplexor system enables a networked browser client to access content information over a networked computer system, such as the Internet. The multi-level multiplexor system has at least one program executing on a server operably connected to the networked computer system that receives a service request from the networked browser client. In response, the program packages a reply that is returned to the networked browser client and causes that browser to automatically issue a plurality of service requests to sources of content information on the networked computer system. The packaged reply also causes the browser to present the responses to the plurality of service requests to sources of content information such that each response is selectively displayed as one of a cascaded series of pages of content information within a single window frame in the browser. In this way, the present invention is implemented as a thin-client solution with the advantages of minimizing network traffic while at the same time allow for increased speed of access to multiple sources of content information. The multi-level multiplexor system afford the user a simple, yet efficient mechanism to access to multiple sources of content information that retains the integrity of the content information without subjecting the user to the disadvantages of opening a new browser window for each new source of content information.
US08635233B2	Techniques to automatically build a language dependency graph for localizable resources Techniques to automatically build a language dependency graph for localizable resources are described. A technique may include storing resources from a file in a translation database with data that indicates the language that the resource is in, the entity that created that version of the resource, and a dependency, if any, on a different language version of the resource. Subsequent translations of a resource may also be stored in the translation database in a manner that groups the translated version(s) of a resource to the original resource, and also stores the language of the resource, the entity that translated it, and the dependency to the language from which the resource was translated. A language dependency graph may be generated from the translation database for a file, where the graph reflects the languages of translation and dependency relationships among the translations. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08635230B2	Display of information in computing devices A method, system and computer program code for managing stored contents within a computing device is provided. The method includes tracking activities performed in the computing device responsive to user inputs. The method gathers data pertaining to the activities performed within a predefined interval of time. The method then creates content filtering rules based on the gathered data and displays the contents within the computing device based on the content filtering rules.
US08635226B2	Computing user micro-segments for offer matching User data and a plurality of micro-segment definitions such that each micro-segment definition in the plurality of micro-segment definitions corresponds to one or more offers in an offer provider campaign are received. Further, a dispatcher dispatches a first subset of the user data and a first subset of the plurality of the micro-segment definitions to a first node in a network. In addition, the dispatcher dispatches a second subset of the user data and a second subset of the plurality of the micro-segment definitions to a second node in the network. Parsing and compiling are performed at each node. Further, parallel processing is performed at a scalable evaluation engine at each node to apply micro-segment condition rules to user data to determine matches to micro-segments. Computation of micro-segments occurs in parallel and resulting micro-segment assignments are collected, filtered to remove duplicates, then ranked to produce a final set of micro-segments that can be used to find offers.
US08635225B1	Representative document selection A method includes accessing a set of documents and a set of representative documents, determining distances from each document to a nearest representative document, and selecting a subset of documents using an algorithm for choosing initial seed values and the determined distances to the nearest representative document. The method further includes repeating the following for each particular document of the subset of documents: adding the particular document to the set of representative documents to create a new set of representative documents, removing the particular document of documents from the set of documents to create a new set of documents, and calculating a sum of distances from each document of the new set of documents to a nearest document in the new set of representative documents. The particular document of the subset that resulted in the lowest sum of distances is selected as a new representative document.
US08635224B2	Clustering streaming graphs Embodiments of the invention include methods for identifying one or more clusters in a streaming graph, the method includes receiving a stream of edges and sampling the stream of edges to create a structural reservoir and support reservoir. The method also includes creating a sampled graph from the structural reservoir and identifying the one or more clusters in the sampled graph by grouping one or more connected vertices in the sampled graph.
US08635219B2	Automated browser history sorting based upon location A location associated with a computing device is determined. Browser history information is retrieved from a storage device. The browser history information is sorted based upon the determined location. The sorted browser history information is presented to a user of the computing device.
US08635213B2	System and method for linking ad tagged words A method and apparatus for providing advertisement on a mobile communication device is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a primary keyword and at least one secondary keyword are identified in a list or a body of text at the mobile communication device. A compound keyword is formed from the primary keyword and the at least one secondary keyword. At least one advertising resource link is associated with the formed compound keyword, and the formed compound keyword is visually distinguished.
US08635212B1	Floating ranking of product results A ranked list of first search results based on a search query may be associated with a first search category, and each first search result may be associated with a first score. A ranked list of second search results based on the search query may be associated with a second, different search category, and a second search result may be associated with a second score. A final second score may be determined based on the second score and a function that maps scores associated with the second search category to scores associated with the first search category, information may be inserted relating to the ranked list of second search results at a position within the ranked list of first search results to form a set of search results, and the set of search results may be provided.
US08635210B2	Systems and methods for providing multi-directional visual browsing Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result are determined. A display layout based on attributes associated with the primary result and the peripheral result is generated. The display layout is then formatted into instructions, which will cause a device to render the display layout. The instructions are transmitted to the client device.
US08635208B2	Multi-state query migration in data stream management A request handler may determine a query of a data stream management system (DSMS), wherein the query includes a plurality of operators being configured to execute the query collaboratively within the DSMS, and wherein stored stream-related data includes operator-associated windows of state data from the stream data, the request handler being further configured to determine a new query having new windows corresponding to the windows of the original query. A windows sorter may sort the new windows from longest duration to shortest duration to obtain a sorted new windows list. A migration estimator may calculate individual migration times for migrating state data from each window to its corresponding new window, beginning with the longest new window of the sorted new windows list. A migration aggregator may aggregate the individual migration times to obtain a total migration time for the new query.
US08635201B2	Methods and apparatus for employing a user's location in providing information to the user Some embodiments relate to techniques for receiving a query from a device and location data indicating a location of the device, the location data having a level of specificity; in response to the query being received, identifying at least one first search engine to which to submit a representation of the query; determining whether the level of specificity of the received location data is sufficient for the at least one first search engine; if the level of specificity of the location data is sufficient, instructing the device to issue the representation of the query to the at least one first search engine; and if the level of specificity of the location data is not sufficient, instructing the device to send, to the at least one computer, location data at a greater level of specificity.
US08635191B2	Content manager An archive for digital content comprises archive storage, an archive service and a manifest. The archive storage is a unified storage structure for storing items, such a directory having a plurality of subdirectories. The manifest is stored within the archive storage when the archive storage is loaded onto a storage device, and may comprise an index of items stored in the unified structure of the archive and/or an organizational structure that supports defined categories that characterize items stored in the unified structure and/or at least one backup queue that temporarily queues a list of items that satisfy predetermined backup criteria by have not been backed up. The archive service serves as an intermediate between users, e.g., operators, software modules, programs, services, etc., and the archive storage to control requests for access to items stored in the unified storage structure.
US08635188B2	Techniques for extracting data from content databases Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for extracting data from databases of content management applications. Input is received from a user to connect to a database of a content management application. A connection is established to the database. When the database is not part of a current live instance of the content management application, an emulation is performed so that the database is treated like it is actually attached to the current live instance of the content management application. The user is able to browse the database. Unattached databases of a content management application can be managed using one or more commands, such as using an object model or command line. Orphaned databases can be detected and deleted from the content management application.
US08635183B1	Method and apparatus to computer-process data to produce, store, and disseminate output related to medical or health information A method, apparatus, and article, illustratively as a method of using an apparatus to computer-process digital data to produce, store, and disseminate output related to medical or health information.
US08635179B2	Detection of irregularity in food manufacturing by using conversion pattern Irregular food manufacturing detection by using conversion pattern in one aspect generates one or more rules associated with amount of resources used to manufacture a food product, collects data associated with a selected manufacturing process of the food product at a selected manufacturer and determines whether the collected data complies with the generated one or more rules. Irregularity may be identified if the collected data does not comply with the generated one or more rules.
US08635175B2	Managing capacities and structures in stochastic networks A system, method and computer program product for managing capacities and structures in a stochastic network. The method includes mapping the stochastic network to a general analytic model, e.g., a Brownian model, decomposing the general analytic model of the stochastic network into a set of smaller general analytic models, determining the capacities/structures for the set of analytic models as an intermediate solution for the capacities/structures of the stochastic network; and, determining the capacities/structures for the stochastic network starting at the intermediate solution for the capacities/structures using simulation-based methods.
US08635166B1	Internet content marking Distributing content markings includes receiving, from a first entity, marking content corresponding to Internet content and author presentation instructions associated with the marking content. When a request to view the Internet or marking content is received from a second entity, the received author presentation instructions are used to determine whether the second entity is approved to view marking content associated with the requested Internet content. Dependent on whether the second entity is approved to view the marking content, presentation of the information associated with the marking content concurrently with the requested Internet content is enabled.
US08635164B2	Telecommunications initiated internet link system A system for providing a wide range of telecommunications initiated data fulfillment services in which a multi-function code, such as “#” (star, pound), input into an originating telecommunications device, such as a wireless telephone, triggers the treatment of the input sequence as a multi-function code service request rather than a dialed directory number. The multi-function code is followed by an input data string to complete the multi-function code service request, which the user typically enters into the telecommunications device just like a conventional telephone call, except that the input string begins with the multi-function code. The telecommunications system recognizes the multi-function code as a trigger, and in response takes one or more date fulfillment actions, such delivering a response message to the initiating telecommunications device containing one or more Internet links to webpages associated with the dialed input data string.
US08635157B2	Mobile system and method for payments and non-financial transactions A method and system for mobile commerce, communication, and transaction processing to real-world POS, web, e-commerce, virtual terminal, mobile personal digital assistant, mobile phone, mobile device, or other computer based transactions involving either one or both financial and non-financial such as loyalty based transactions as a mobile payment system is described. One embodiment comprises using a mobile phone via a consumer mobile software application (CMA) in lieu of a consumer card (examples include physical, virtual, or chips) to conduct payment transactions in the Real or Virtual World of commerce. An embodiment is related to making payments to real-world stores via having the CMA on a mobile device on behalf of the consumer present to conduct transactions and no physical card required.
US08635138B2	Method of analyzing a sale process for an entity A computer-implemented method determines determine an adequacy of a process to sell an entity responsive to competition, fairness, thoroughness, and good faith. A computer evaluates a sale of an entity by rating solicitation efforts associated with potential buyers of the entity (audience), by rating information about the entity prepared for potential buyers, by rating time frames surrounding the sale (timing), by rating circumstances associated with a transfer of the entity, and by rating a negotiation and execution efforts associated with the sale of the entity. Each criteria investigated is provided a weighting factor, where the weighting factor for the audience and transfer is around 0.25, the factor for the information and negotiation and execution is around 0.20, and the weighting factor for the timing is around 0.10.
US08635136B1	Method, system, and computer program product for grouping securities in order to calculate a fee A method, system, and computer program product for calculating a reduced fee associated with combining previously securitized mortgage-backed securities to form a new and larger security called a Mega. The method includes identifying a group of Megas that correspond to at least one predetermined fee discount parameter. The group of Megas are members of a set of Megas and the set of Megas contain a number of Megas equal to or larger than a number of Megas in the group of Megas. The method includes calculating a fee for said group of Megas and repeating the steps of identifying a group and calculating a fee until a plurality of groups of Megas have been identified and corresponding Mega group fees have been calculated. The method also includes choosing from said plurality of groups of Megas a final set of Mega groups having a reduced total fee.
US08635123B2	Systems and methods for managing supplier information between an electronic procurement system and buyers' supplier management systems A system and method provide an efficient and simple procurement process that is easily customizable and allows the automatic mapping of supplier information and catalogs according to the buyer/purchasing organization's internal data schema used for representing such data, and updates the buyer/purchasing organization's hosted supplier information and catalogs automatically. In an exemplary embodiment, access to an electronic procurement system is requested, a supplier provides supplier data through a graphical user interface (GUI) for storage in one or more databases of an electronic procurement system, the supplier designates a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data, and conveniently selects one or more buyer organization's supplier management systems to receive the provided supplier data.
US08635116B2	System and method for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a programmed computer for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a computer readable medium for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. In one example, the visual content may comprise advertising and/or operating specifications and/or performance specifications and/or dimensions and/or price displayed on a television, a computer monitor, a laptop computer display, a notebook computer display and/or a netbook computer display.
US08635108B2	Presenting offers to users of wireless devices A system and method facilitating the management of current and prospective customers and customer information is provided. The invention includes an aggregation system adapted to provide management and generation of current and prospective customers. The invention further provides management of current and prospective customer information. Additionally, the aggregation system provides for generating advertisements based at least in part upon market information. Finally, the present invention also includes a printstream aggregation method facilitating the printing of print orders.
US08635095B2	Method and apparatus for tracking an intent A method for tracking an intent comprises, for an intent parameter, searching a Structure Access Intent Tracker database for at least one record pertaining to the intent parameter, each record identifying an intent. The method also comprises, in response to the searching, a provision of a report that includes a numerical count of the plurality of records.
US08635090B2	Systems and methods for providing coverage recommendation engine A computer system includes a data storage device. The data storage module receives, stores, and provides access to historical entity data and insurance coverage package data. A recommendation engine comprising program instructions stored in a program memory receives current entity data, creates a current entity representative record based on the received current entity data and historical entity data, creates one or more historical entity representative records for each of a plurality of insurance coverage packages, identifies one of the historical entity representative records based on the current entity representative record, identifies one or more of the plurality of insurance coverage packages based on the identified historical entity representative record, and presents the identified one or more insurance coverage packages when executed by a computer processor. A payment device processes a payment associated with one of the identified one or more insurance coverage packages to establish an insurance contract with the current entity based on the one of the identified one or more insurance coverage packages.
US08635084B2	System and method of conducting telemedicine sessions across different geopolitical zones A system and method designed to overcome or work with the geopolitical restraints on medical practice that presently hampers the process of conducting physician patient telemedicine sessions across different geopolitical zones such as different states or different countries. The method uses at least one Internet server and database, which may optionally reside or have an IP address within in the one or more geopolitical zones where the physician is licensed to practice medicine. The database will often contain lists of physician authorizations to conduct telemedicine in various other geopolitical zones, lists of patient telemedicine waivers, as well as information pertaining to the physician's specialty, rating, fee structure, and availability. The database may additionally contain other features such as lists of translator availability and patient electronic health records. The server may additionally facilitate video conferencing by presenting a unified user interface and/or relaying video teleconferencing data packets between participants.
US08635081B2	Integrated pharmacy error tracking and reporting system and method The disclosure presents a system and method for efficiently capturing, tracking, analyzing, and providing continuous quality improvement in an integrated manner in relation to errors which occur in the distribution of medication to patients through a multi-store pharmacy operation. The system and method include receiving error event data for a pharmacy error event through a first input device at a pharmacy through an input interface, transmitting the error event data to a pharmacy error event database associated with a pharmacy error event computer and storing the error event data in the pharmacy error event database. The system and method may also determine whether the first error event information requires escalation, and transmit an error event escalation message through a communication device to supervisory personnel, as well as tabulate the error event data with the pharmacy error event computer based on a criteria for communicating insight information to supervisory personnel through a communication device. The system and method provide further structural, functional and operational features for implementing these and other features in a multi-store and multi-district pharmacy operation.
US08635071B2	Apparatus, medium, and method for generating record sentence for corpus and apparatus, medium, and method for building corpus using the same A method, medium, and apparatus for generating a record sentence to establish a speech corpus, including generating a synthesized sentence of speech and synthesis information related to speech synthesis by performing speech synthesis for a predetermined sentence of text, selecting an unseen sentence including an unseen unit according to the synthesis information, generating a weight indicating a recording priority of the unseen unit included in the selected unseen sentence, and generating a record sentence by combining the unseen unit with the speech synthesis information according to the generated weight.
US08635066B2	Camera-assisted noise cancellation and speech recognition Methods, system, and articles are described herein for receiving an audio input and a facial image sequence for a period of time, in which the audio input includes speech input from multiple speakers. The audio input is extracted based on the received facial image sequence to extract a speech input of a particular speaker.
US08635057B2	Enlightenment for low overhead hardware access A computing system in which a software component executing on a platform can reliably and efficiently obtain state information about a component supported by the platform through the use of a shared memory page. State information may be supplied by the platform, but any state translation information needed to map the state information as supplied to a format as used may be provided through the shared page. In a virtualized environment, the state translation information can be used to map the value of a virtual timer counter or other component from a value provided by a virtual processor to a normalized reference time that will yield the same result, regardless of whether the software component is migrated to or from another virtual processor. Use of a shared page avoids the inefficiency of an intercept into a virtualized environment or a system calls in native mode operation.
US08635056B2	System and method for system integration test (SIT) planning A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to receive a system architecture model of a system and receive trigger coverage rules. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to determine system integration test (SIT) coverage for each connection and interface of the system architecture model and select a set of use cases execution scenarios to satisfy the SIT coverage.
US08635042B2	Semi-automatic device calibration A method and apparatus for calibrating a medical device operable in at least one axis of movement, such as a footpedal or footswitch, is provided. The design includes instructing a user to operate the device to a first predetermined position in a first axis of movement while concurrently monitoring movement of the device to establish a set of movement responses, prompting the user to indicate when the first predetermined position in the first axis is attained modifying the set of movement responses when movement response irregularities are detected, thereby establishing a modified set of movement responses, and employing the modified set of movement responses during a medical procedure.
US08635041B2	Synchronizing a seismic data acquisition network Described herein are implementations of various technologies for a method for configuring a seismic data acquisition network. A first message may be received from a first node of the seismic data acquisition network over a first direct communication link. The first message may comprise a first precision quality of a first reference clock to which the first node may be synchronized. A second message may be received from a second node of the seismic data acquisition network over a second direct communication link. The second message may comprise a second precision quality of a second reference clock to which the second node may be synchronized. One of the first precision quality and the second precision quality may be determined to have a higher precision quality. A real time clock may be synchronized to one of the first reference clock and second reference clock having the higher precision quality.
US08635036B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing energy management utilizing a power meter Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing energy management utilizing a power meter are provided. A request for a graphical user interface may be received by a power meter in communication with an external device. The requested graphical user interface may be associated with at least one of (i) operation of the power meter or (ii) provision of electrical power to one or more loads. Based at least in part on the received request, information associated with the graphical user interface may be generated by the power meter and communicated to the external device.
US08635035B2	Systems and methods for monitoring operation of an LED string Methods and systems for monitoring operation of an LED string. An exemplary system includes an LED string, a circuit that supplies current to the LEDs, a current measuring circuit that measures current through the LEDs, a voltage measuring circuit that measures voltage across the LEDs, and a temperature sensor that measures temperature proximate to the LEDs. A processor calculates a predicted string voltage based on a predefined voltage-current curve, number of LEDs, a predefined temperature coefficient value, the measured string current, a measured junction temperature, a life curve function, a prestored calibration string current value, a prestored calibration string voltage value, a prestored junction calibration temperature and an accumulated time value. The process also calculates an error value based on the predicted string voltage and a measured string voltage and generates an indication that there is a failure in the LED string if the calculated error value is greater than the predefined error limit.
US08635031B2	Methods for identifying drug targets based on genomic sequence data This invention provides a computational approach to identifying potential antibacterial drug targets based on a genomic sequence and its annotation. Starting from a fully sequenced genome, open reading frame assignments are made which determine the metabolic genotype for the organism. The metabolic genotype, and more specifically its stoichiometric matrix, are analyzed using flux balance analysis to assess the effects of genetic deletions on the fitness of the organism and its ability to produce essential biomolecules required for growth.
US08635030B2	Method for the determination of a NOx concentration value upstream of a SCR catalyst in a diesel engine A method is provided for the determination of a NOx concentration value upstream of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) catalyst in a Diesel engine, the engine having an exhaust line, a Diesel Particulate Filter and a NOx concentration sensor downstream of the SCR catalyst, the method including, but is not limited to estimating the NOx concentration value upstream of the SCR catalyst as a function of at least two engine parameters, measuring the NOx concentration downstream of the SCR catalyst, calculating the difference Z(x, y) between the estimated NOx concentration value and the measured value and, in case the difference is higher than a predetermined threshold, correcting the estimated NOx concentration value with a NOx concentration correction value. The NOx concentration correction value is calculated using a correction map that correlates the at least two engine parameters and the difference Z(x, y) with the NOx concentration correction value.
US08635023B2	Position indication controls for device locations Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to localizing mobile devices. In one example, a first location method associated with a first accuracy value may be used to estimate a location of the mobile device. A confidence circle indicative of a level of confidence in the estimation of the location is calculated. The confidence circle may be displayed on a mobile device. When other location methods become available, the size of the displayed confidence circle may be expanded based on information from an accelerometer of the client device or the accuracy of the other available location methods. This may be especially useful when the mobile device is transitioning between areas which are associated with different location methods that may be more or less accurate.
US08635019B2	Navigation device and method for altering map information related to audible information Methods and devices are disclosed for providing map information to a user via a portable navigation device. The method may include displaying map information including at least one icon and a route to a desired destination, producing audible information related to the route, and altering the at least one icon for display when the audible information relates to the at least one icon. The portable navigation device includes a display device to display map information including at least one icon and a route to a desired destination, an output device to produce audible information related to the route, and a processor to alter the at least one icon for display when the audible information relates to the at least one icon.
US08635018B2	Managing a driver profile A method, system or computer usable program product for porting driver preferences between vehicles including initiating a first communication session between a computer in the first vehicle and an external device, receiving a driver profile from the first vehicle in the external device, wherein the driver profile was used to configure warnings and other driver settings in the first vehicle, initiating a second communication session between the external device and a computer in a second vehicle, transferring the driver profile from the external device to a second memory in the second vehicle, and using the driver profile to configure warning and other driver settings in the second vehicle.
US08635008B2	Symmetric and interlocked regional traffic light control method A regional symmetric and interlocked traffic light control method includes: defining a first preferred point in a desired metropolitan area; determining a first axial average vehicle speed and a first axial preferred allowed travel time period for the first axial streets and a second axial average vehicle speed and a second axial preferred allowed travel time period for the second axial streets; obtaining a first vehicle travel distance and a second vehicle travel distance; determining a first control region according to the first preferred point, the first vehicle travel distance and the second vehicle travel distance; defining a second preferred point and a third preferred point adjacent to the first control region; controlling a plurality of traffic lights in the two adjacent control regions to respectively display green and red lights on the same axial streets in accordance with a preferred allowed travel time period and linking the traffic lights in said control regions by serializing. Therefore, a vehicle can pass through a plurality of adjacent control regions in accordance in its cruising speed and the traveling efficiency of the vehicle can be improved.
US08635001B2	System and method for improved vehicle response during vehicle acceleration conditions A vehicle control method for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine coupled to a torque converter is described. In one embodiment, the engine air flow and spark are adjusted to control torque converter operation. The method can improve vehicle response to driver accelerator commands.
US08634994B2	Methods and systems for vehicle control during braking of the vehicle Methods and systems are provided for vehicle control during braking for vehicles having a transmission gear movable between at least a drive position and a neutral position. A wheel speed sensor measures a wheel speed of the wheel. A controller is coupled to the wheel speed sensor. The controller calculates a parameter using the wheel speed, and shifts the transmission gear from the drive position to the neutral position if the parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold. The parameter is indicative of a load on a component of the vehicle.
US08634993B2	GNSS based control for dispensing material from vehicle A spray control method employs a spray vehicle including a material tank, a pump communicating with the tank, and nozzles of a spray boom communicating with the pump. A GNSS receiver mounted on the vehicle and interfaced to a controller tracks its position in relation to stored position coordinates of field boundaries separating spray zones from spray exclusion zones. The tank is activated and deactivated by the controller to retain spray of the material within the spray zones and to prevent spray of the material in the exclusion zones, by processing an offset of the spray nozzles from the receiver, the spray range of the nozzles, spray turn-on and turn-off lag times, and the velocity of the spray vehicle, all in relation to the field boundaries. An alternative embodiment individually controls spray from the nozzles by using associated valves interfaced to the controller.
US08634992B2	Dynamic supplemental downforce control system for planter row units A dynamic supplemental downforce control system for a planter row unit. The system includes closed-loop feedback circuit that cooperates with a downforce actuator to dynamically control fluid flow to the downforce actuator to maintain balance between the actual gauge wheel downforce and a desired gauge wheel downforce during planting operations.
US08634991B2	Grade control for an earthmoving system at higher machine speeds An earthmoving system including a bulldozer has a pair of GPS receivers mounted on the cutting blade of the bulldozer. The cutting blade is supported by a blade support extending from the frame. The blade support includes a pair of hydraulic cylinders for raising and lowering the blade in relation to the frame and a blade tilt cylinder for controlling the lateral tilt of the cutting blade. Sensors, including gyroscopic sensors and an accelerometer, sense rotation of the frame about three orthogonal axes and vertical movement of the bulldozer frame that would affect the position of the blade. A control is responsive to the pair of GPS receivers and to the gyroscopic sensors, for controlling the operation of the hydraulic cylinders and thereby the position of the cutting blade. The control monitors the position of the cutting blade with repeated calculations based on the outputs of the GPS receivers and with low-latency feed-forward correction of these repeated calculations, based on the outputs of the gyroscopic sensors and the accelerometer.
US08634989B1	Rollover prevention apparatus The rollover prevention apparatus defines an adaptive steering range limiting device comprising a control unit and a pair of opposing unidirectional brake assemblies mounted to a steering column position detection disc. The rollover prevention apparatus prevents the steering wheel of the vehicle from being turned beyond the threshold of vehicle rollover, but otherwise does not restrict the rotational range of motion of the steering wheel of a vehicle.
US08634984B2	Navigation system A navigation system includes: a storage unit having stored therein roadmap data, first statistical traffic information data pertaining to a first area which are created based upon a first standard related to a time applicable to the first area, and second statistical traffic information data pertaining to a second area which are created based upon a second standard related to a time applicable to the second area; a search unit that searches for a recommended route; and an estimated time of arrival calculation unit that calculates an estimated time of arrival based upon the roadmap data, the first statistical traffic information data and the second statistical traffic information data. The estimated time of arrival calculation unit executes calculation processing of the estimated time of arrival in compliance with the first standard and the second standard.
US08634981B1	Automated systems, devices, and methods for transporting and supporting patients Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
US08634969B2	Teleoperation method and human robot interface for remote control of a machine by a human operator The invention relates to a teleoperation method and a human robot interface for remote control of a machine by a human operator (5) using a remote control unit, particularly for remote control of a drone, wherein a vestibular feedback is provided to the operator (5) to enhance the situational awareness of the operator (5), wherein the vestibular feedback represents a real motion of the remote-controlled machine.
US08634968B2	Communication system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a communication system for a motor vehicle for transmitting an information relating to the operation of the motor vehicle from a transmitting control device to a receiving control device. The communication system comprises an interface for the input or output of the information relating to the operation of the motor vehicle. Communication can be established via the interface by means of a protocol which comprises an operation field for identifying a task to be carried out using the information relating to the operation of the motor vehicle.

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